Mahan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mahan: Recorded since 1998, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #2,901, and it stood at #4,275 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2901highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mahan's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2012	#4805
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#5119
2025	#4275

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 England and Wales in 10 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2025
Highest recorded position: #2901 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4275 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Mahan by decade in England and Wales · 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 Mahan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	12	4 of 10	3
2020sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Mahan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998.

Mahan'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#4275	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,901, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
13 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,275position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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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Mahbub · #1889, 10y
Mahdi · #324, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Callie-Rae · #2901, 11y
Connie-Rose · #2901, 15y
Horace · #2901, 14y
Ivy-Jane · #2901, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Horace · #2901, 14y
Lamisa · #2901, 18y
Montagu · #2901, 15y
Mustafah · #2901, 10y

Mahan 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mahan without appearing here.

Mahan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Harald Compare
In 2024 they stood at #5119 and #3254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #4275 and #5137.
Keith Compare
In 2024 they stood at #5119 and #3688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #4275 and #5137.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #4789.

Moved the opposite way to Mahan

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 while Albie went from #716 to #21.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 while Alfred went from #174 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 while Archie went from #120 to #11.

Moved the same way as Mahan

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 and Aaron from #31 to #180.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 and Alan from #196 to #539.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 and Alex from #46 to #207.
Alexander Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahan went from #2901 to #4275 and Alexander from #19 to #40.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahan

Mahan at a glance

What stands out in Mahan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mahan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mahan and the names beside it

Mahan moved ahead of

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Mahan at a glance

What stands out in Mahan's record

Mahan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mahan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mahan and the names beside it

Mahan moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Mahan

Moved the same way as Mahan