Mahad

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mahad: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mahad: Recorded since 1968, it reached #338 in 2003, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#338highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#1454
1998	#887
1999	#1027
2000	#1330
2001	#1202
2002	#950
2003	#1011
2004	#1110
2005	#1047
2006	#1084
2007	#1053
2008	#1156
2009	#1008
2010	#1171
2011	#1251
2012	#1191
2013	#1183
2014	#1721
2015	#1380
2016	#1319
2017	#1470
2018	#1610
2019	#1369
2020	#1379
2021	#1329
2022	#1314
2023	#1906
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 35 of the 55 years from 1968 to 2022.

In 2022: #483 among boys in Norway, #1314 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #548 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2022
Highest recorded position: #338 among boys in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1968–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mahad appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 201 births with the name.

Mahad across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mahad's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#548 (1968)	#338 (2003)	#483 (2022)	35 of 55	201 (1968–2022)	11 (1986)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#853 (1996)	#1517 (2024)	29 of 29	513 (1996–2024)	26 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2006)	#423 (2006)	#718 (2012)	2 of 7	8 (2006–2012)	5 (2006)

Mahad by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mahad in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	10	2 of 10	5
1980s	47	8 of 10	6
1990s	62	10 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	46	7 of 10	7
2010s	24	5 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mahad appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #338 in Norway in 2003.

Mahad's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#483	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#532	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#543	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#338	11	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#365	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#375	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#487	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#396	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#629	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#558	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#572	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #338, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Magny · #205, 22y
Maha · #677, 29y
Mahalia · #1959, 27y
Maham · #1070, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Florian · #342, 44y
Rami · #334, 44y
Pavel · #348, 46y
Amar · #327, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Hanan · #339, 54y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Larissa · #339, 35y
Maylen · #339, 20y

Mahad was ranked #338 in Norway · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mahad and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mahad without appearing here.

Mahad moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1314 and #2018.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1369 and #1986.
Roger Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1610 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1369 and #1986.

Moved ahead of Mahad

Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1183 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #889.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1454 and #678.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1183 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #1012.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1314 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1207.

Moved the opposite way to Mahad

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Mahad

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahad went from #853 to #1517 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #338 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahad

Mahad at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahad across 3 official records

Mahad by decade in Norway · Boys

Mahad appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mahad moved ahead of

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Mahad at a glance

Mahad across 3 official records

Mahad by decade in Norway · Boys

Mahad appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Mahad

Mahad and the names beside it

Mahad moved ahead of

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