Mahira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mahira: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #620, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#620highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#1066
2003	#1722
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#1502
2007	#1656
2008	#1641
2009	#1596
2010	#1332
2011	#2150
2012	#1649
2013	#1774
2014	#2058
2015	#1324
2016	#1172
2017	#753
2018	#729
2019	#823
2020	#710
2021	#840
2022	#857
2023	#694
2024	#620

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 2023: #694 among girls in England and Wales, #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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: #620 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #620 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mahira 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 Mahira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	138	10 of 10	14
2010s	288	10 of 10	29
2020sbusiest	250	5 of 10	50

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 50 births a year.

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

Mahira 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: #620 in England and Wales in 2024.

Mahira'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	#620	63	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#694	52	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#857	41	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#710	52	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#823	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#729	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#753	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1172	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	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 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #620, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 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.

Mahin · #1595, 19y
Mahir · #509, 30y
Mahirah · #2247, 20y
Mahiya · #2292, 15y

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.

Anjolaoluwa · #620, 26y
Mirabel · #620, 24y
Nawal · #620, 29y
Oluwatoni · #620, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aderinsola · #620, 15y
Alexandrea · #620, 14y
Anjolaoluwa · #620, 26y
Geena · #620, 14y

Mahira was ranked #620 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. 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.

Mahira 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 Mahira without appearing here.

Mahira moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3900 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1066 and #4137.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1649 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1774 and #4050.
Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3824 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1796 and #3970.
Evan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3900 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Mahira

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #823 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #710 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1502 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1656 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Mahira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Mahira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahira went from #3126 to #620 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: #620 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Mahira at a glance

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Mahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Mahira at a glance

Mahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Mahira moved ahead of

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