Maheen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-HEEN
- Origin
- Urdu
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Maheen is a girls' name of Urdu origin, meaning “fine, delicate”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Maheen mean?
Urdu: Urdu word, from Persian
“fine, delicate”
Used mainly in Pakistani families; in Urdu the word describes something fine or delicate.
Is Maheen a girl's or a boy's name?
Maheen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maheen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Maheen, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 43 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Maheen than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Maheen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Maheen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Maheen 12
- Mahin 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Maheen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Maheen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Maheen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Maheen in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maheen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Maheen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hiba, Hafsa, Summer, Rahma, Sumayyah, Safaa, Huda, Imaan
Other spellings of Maheen
More Urdu names
Meerab, Shahzain, Saira, Zohran, Laiba, Sehrish, Zeeshan, Aafia, Shazain, Sairah, Laibah, Laaiba, Laaibah, Zeeshaan
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, “Maheen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maheen, updated 20 October 2026.