Mahari
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- mah-HAR-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Unisex
Mahari is a name. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
Where does Mahari come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a modern coinage
Is Mahari a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mahari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Mahari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Mahari, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001. 36 boys were also named Mahari in 2025 (3,239th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Mahari than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Mahari in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 46% of the babies named Mahari in the US were girls.
Mahari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Mahari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sariyah Samadhi Saanvi Avani Zaniyah Kaliyah Aaliyah Adhara Hadassah Khaleesi Armani Sarahi
Names related to Mahari
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, “Mahari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahari, updated 20 October 2026.