Mahir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mahir: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #509, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#509highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#809
1998	#1110
1999	#1505
2000	#1167
2001	#654
2002	#722
2003	#761
2004	#790
2005	#638
2006	#793
2007	#776
2008	#987
2009	#1099
2010	#918
2011	#812
2012	#837
2013	#676
2014	#714
2015	#903
2016	#698
2017	#833
2018	#721
2019	#634
2020	#796
2021	#1023
2022	#632
2023	#645
2024	#685

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 · Boys

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

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #685 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2025
Highest recorded position: #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2015–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mahir appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 979 births with the name.

Mahir across 2 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.

Mahir'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#632 (2022)	#685 (2024)	29 of 29	979 (1996–2024)	56 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#509 (2025)	#509 (2025)	4 of 11	16 (2015–2025)	6 (2025)

Mahir 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 Mahir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	277	10 of 10	28
2010s	422	10 of 10	42
2020sbusiest	231	5 of 10	46

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 28, from 28 to 56.

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

Mahir 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Mahir'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	#685	53	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#645	55	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#632	56	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#796	39	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#634	56	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#721	47	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#714	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#676	49	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#837	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#776	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#654	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	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 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #509, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 56 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 19 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.

Mahima · #485, 27y
Mahin · #1595, 19y
Mahira · #620, 29y
Mahirah · #2247, 20y

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.

Anay · #509, 25y
Lamar · #509, 28y
Pietro · #509, 29y
Yash · #509, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anay · #509, 25y
Donnie · #509, 26y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Lamar · #509, 28y

Mahir was ranked #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Mahir 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 Mahir without appearing here.

Mahir moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1167 and #2501.
Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #1761.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1167 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #654 and #1595.
Keith Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1099 and #1099 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #918 and #1551.

Moved ahead of Mahir

Kasper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #776 and #820 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #987 and #728.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #987 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #793 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #776 and #538.
Arlo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #638 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #793 and #582.

Moved the opposite way to Mahir

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Mahir

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahir went from #1235 to #685 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahir

Mahir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahir across 2 official records

Mahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mahir across 2 official records

Mahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mahir moved ahead of

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