Maha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maha: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #677, and it stood at #736 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#677highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1450
1998	#1392
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#992
2002	#679
2003	#699
2004	#821
2005	#931
2006	#739
2007	#809
2008	#995
2009	#850
2010	#965
2011	#915
2012	#1253
2013	#982
2014	#1234
2015	#1279
2016	#1370
2017	#1371
2018	#1170
2019	#1189
2020	#1164
2021	#1128
2022	#940
2023	#677
2024	#767

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #767 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #677 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #767 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Maha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	48	4 of 10	12
2000s	327	10 of 10	33
2010s	295	10 of 10	30
2020sbusiest	197	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maha 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #677 in England and Wales in 2023.

Maha'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	female	#767	49	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#677	53	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#940	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1164	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#915	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#965	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#809	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#739	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#821	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#699	40	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#679	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #677, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

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Mahalia · #1959, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Fatoumata · #677, 26y
Giselle · #677, 29y
Jael · #677, 24y
Neda · #677, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alyx · #677, 19y
Comfort · #677, 21y
Enola · #677, 23y
Fatoumata · #677, 26y

Maha was ranked #677 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. 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.

Maha 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 Maha without appearing here.

Maha moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1164 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1128 and #2499.
Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1434 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1450 and #2738.
Yvonne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #992 and #2023.
Aisling Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1253 and #1150 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #982 and #1864.

Moved ahead of Maha

Mina Compare
In 2011 they stood at #915 and #959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1253 and #722.
Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #982 and #1075 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1234 and #763.
Audrey Compare
In 2007 they stood at #809 and #899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #995 and #691.
Ada Compare
In 2007 they stood at #809 and #919 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #995 and #699.

Moved the opposite way to Maha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Maha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maha went from #1434 to #767 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #677 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maha

Maha at a glance

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Maha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maha at a glance

Maha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Maha and the names beside it

Maha moved ahead of

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