How Many People Are Named Maha?
An estimated 1,901 people in the United States have the first name Maha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Maha peaked in popularity in 2002 with 79 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Maha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Maha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,901
About 1 in 180,302 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2002
79 births
Total Registered
1,955
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Maha
Maha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,955 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Maha as a female name
Ranked #3,195 in 2024
50 female births in 2024
Peak: 2002 (79 births)
Maha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Maha span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 556 babies were registered. While Maha is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Maha by Decade
How has Maha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Maha by State
Birth registrations for Maha span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Michigan. The lowest are in Ohio, Massachusetts, Georgia. On average, about 73 Mahas were registered per state.
Maha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Maha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Maha
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Maha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maha?
We estimate approximately 1,901 people named Maha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 180,302 Americans share this first name.
Is Maha a common name?
Maha is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,955 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Maha most popular?
Maha reached peak popularity in 2002, when 79 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Maha is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Maha a female name?
Maha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Maha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Maha Smith, Maha Johnson, Maha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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