Maha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #631 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Maha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “oryx”. In 2025 it ranked 631st for girls in the UK (66 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Maha mean?
Arabic
“oryx”
Arabic for the Arabian oryx, whose large dark eyes are a classic image of beauty in Arabic poetry.
Is Maha a girl's or a boy's name?
Maha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 631st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 4,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were named Maha, making it the 631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th.
2025 had the most girls named Maha of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Maha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 622nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Maha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #631 |
| 2024 | 49 | #822 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 39 | #949 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 42 | #720 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Maha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Maha, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Maha than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Maha in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 79 | #2,123 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
Names like Maha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hiba, Hafsa, Zainab, Rahma, Huda, Aaliyah, Khadija, Ayah, Amira, Halima, Safaa
Names related to Maha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Maha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maha, updated 20 October 2026.