Mahia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-HEE-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Mahia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Mahia come from?
Uncertain; possibly a variant of Maya or Mia
Is Mahia a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Mahia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Mahia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Mahia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Mahia in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
Names like Mahia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Rumaysa, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Zainab, Safaa, Rahma
Names related to Mahia
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, “Mahia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahia, updated 20 October 2026.