# Mahir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mahir/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,658 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,658 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,044, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,217 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,702 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,295 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,390 |
| 2015 | 57 | 2,317 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,126 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,950 |
| 2018 | 86 | 1,787 |
| 2019 | 79 | 1,894 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,628 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,655 |
| 2022 | 117 | 1,537 |
| 2023 | 114 | 1,544 |
| 2024 | 122 | 1,485 |
| 2025 | 130 | 1,405 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 812 |
| 2012 | 37 | 837 |
| 2013 | 49 | 676 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 38 | 833 |
| 2018 | 47 | 721 |
| 2019 | 56 | 634 |
| 2020 | 39 | 796 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 56 | 632 |
| 2023 | 55 | 645 |
| 2024 | 53 | 685 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Mahir

- Mahir Shukurov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Mahir Domi, Albanian linguist

## 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.