Mahad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MA-had
- Origin
- Somali
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Mahad is a boys' name of Somali origin, meaning “gratitude, praise”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Mahad mean?
Somali
“gratitude, praise”
From the Somali word mahad, thanks or praise, as in mahadsanid, thank you.
Is Mahad a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Mahad, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mahad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Mahad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Mahad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mahad, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Mahad in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Mahad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ahmed, Hamza, Zayd, Mustafa, Abdullah, Fahad, Ahad, Ibrahim, Musab, Hammad
Names related to Mahad
More Somali names
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, “Mahad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahad, updated 20 October 2026.