Mahagony
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-HOG-uh-nee
- Origin
- English
Mahagony is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “reddish-brown tropical hardwood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mahagony mean?
English: respelling of Mahogany, the English word for the tree
“reddish-brown tropical hardwood”
Respelling of Mahogany, the tropical hardwood tree, whose reddish-brown wood also gives its name to a colour.
Is Mahagony a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahagony is a girls' name.
How popular is Mahagony in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Mahagony in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahagony in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Mahagony
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mahogany, Cassidy, Serenity, Kennedy, Daisy, Trinity, Destiny, Felicity, Madison, Heavenly, Lily, Mckenna
Names related to Mahagony
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mahagony: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahagony, updated 20 October 2026.