Maahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAH-hir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Maahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “skilled, expert”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Maahir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mahir
“skilled, expert”
Arabic for skilled or expert; the name is also common in Turkey and Bosnia.
Meaning borrowed from Mahir.
Is Maahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Maahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maahir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Maahir, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Maahir than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Maahir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 boys in the UK were given Maahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #480, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Maahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
How popular is Maahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Maahir, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had the most boys named Maahir of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Maahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Maahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
Maahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Maahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Umar, Zayd, Amir, Musab, Mustafa, Hamza, Arham, Abdullah
Other spellings of Maahir
Names related to Maahir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maahir, updated 20 October 2026.