Mahina

Gender: Girl
Say it: ma-HEE-na
Origin: Hawaiian
US rank, 2025: #3,831 for girls

Mahina is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “moon; moonlight”. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).

What does Mahina mean?

Hawaiian: Hawaiian word

“moon; moonlight”

In the traditional Hawaiian calendar each night of the moon's cycle had its own name.

Is Mahina a girl's or a boy's name?

Mahina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mahina in the US?

Rank in 2025: 3,831st among girls
Babies in 2025: 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 50% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Mahina, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the girls named Mahina in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1974Busiest: 53 in 20222025

Mahina in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	38	#3,831
2024	42	#3,639
2023	52	#3,140
2022	53	#3,073
2021	34	#4,163
2020	28	#4,646
2019	38	#3,850
2018	22	#5,615
2017	23	#5,515
2016	26	#5,129
2015	19	#6,450
2014	22	#5,795
2013	24	#5,484
2012	17	#7,140
2011	16	#7,432
2010	20	#6,380
2009	12	#9,375
2008	14	#8,525
2007	10	#10,814
2006	15	#7,865
2005	15	#7,495
2004	12	#8,711
2003	14	#7,575
2002	11	#8,831
2001	13	#7,717
2000	12	#8,020
1999	11	#8,216
1998	11	#8,011
1997	0	–
1996	6	#11,801
1995	6	#11,778
1994	12	#7,091
1993	8	#9,552
1992	0	–
1991	5	#13,139
1990	10	#7,874
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	6	#9,304
1984	0	–
1983	5	#10,272
1982	0	–
1981	0	–
1980	0	–
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	5	#8,773