Mohini — girls' name
158 babies named Mohini in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Mohini was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Mohini in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mohini
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Mohini between 1978 and 2023, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mohini currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mohini performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mohini shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mohini in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mohini 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 158 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.
Mohini at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mohini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1978
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
158 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 14 births in a single year.
Mohini by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 47% of Mohini's all-time total
Mohini decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mohini's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Mohini by state
Where Mohini concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 158 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1978–2023 (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.