Maham
Girl · MAA-ham · Persian
Maham is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Maham mean?
Persian: Persian name used in Pakistan, linked to mah, moon
Borne by Maham Begum, wife of the Mughal emperor Babur and mother of Humayun.
- Say it
- MAA-ham
Is Maham a girl's or a boy's name?
Maham is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Maham, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 34 girls.
2025 had more girls named Maham than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Maham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Maham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Maham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Maham, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Maham in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maham in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Maham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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