Mehtab — #3669 US boys' name
276 babies named Mehtab in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Mehtab was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Mehtab in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mehtab
The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Mehtab between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mehtab currently holds the #3669 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Mehtab is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mehtab performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mehtab shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mehtab in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mehtab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 276 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mehtab at a glance
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Current rank
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Mehtab popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2023)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #3669 among boys.
276 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 31 births in a single year.
Mehtab popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 2018 (Mehtab as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mehtab accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mehtab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 152 births that decade — 55% of Mehtab's all-time total
Mehtab decade highlights
- Peak decade 152 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mehtab's strongest decade
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Mehtab by state
Where Mehtab concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 127 | 46.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 3.6% |
127 of 276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 46.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 46.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.