Mahi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-hee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #929 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Mahi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “earth”. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Mahi mean?
Sanskrit
“earth”
Sanskrit for the earth; in Punjabi, mahi is also a word for a beloved.
Is Mahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the UK and 34 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Mahi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #929among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 7,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Mahi, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 53 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 872nd in England and Wales.
Mahi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #929 |
| 2024 | 43 | #899 |
| 2023 | 34 | #1,075 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 50 | #831 |
| 2011 | 53 | #764 |
| 2010 | 43 | #888 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
How popular is Mahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Mahi, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001. 7 boys were also named Mahi in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83% of the babies named Mahi in the US were girls.
Mahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
Names like Mahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Maya Hafsa Aaliyah Raya Hiba Rahma Ayra Safaa Ayat
Names related to Mahi
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Mahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahi, updated 20 October 2026.