# Mahima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mahima/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “grandeur”, “glory” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 480 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 506, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महिमा (mahimā, “grandeur, glory”).

## What it means

Mahima is grouped under famous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 7,018 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,471 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,613 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,331 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,905 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,474 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8,004 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,192 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,969 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,308 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,071 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,062 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,324 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,675 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.