Mahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAH-hir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #639 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,401 for boys
Mahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “skilled, expert”. In 2025 it ranked 639th for boys in the UK (65 babies) and 1,401st for boys in the US (130 babies).
What does Mahir mean?
Arabic
“skilled, expert”
Arabic for skilled or expert; the name is also common in Turkey and Bosnia.
Is Mahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the UK and 130 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #639among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 4,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were named Mahir, making it the 639th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th.
2025 had the most boys named Mahir of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mahir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 boys in the UK were given Mahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #480, up from #639 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 593rd in England and Wales.
Mahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #639 |
| 2024 | 53 | #728 |
| 2023 | 56 | #696 |
| 2022 | 57 | #681 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 41 | #825 |
| 2019 | 58 | #668 |
| 2018 | 47 | #777 |
| 2017 | 38 | #901 |
| 2016 | 49 | #762 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 51 | #719 |
| 2012 | 37 | #905 |
| 2011 | 37 | #878 |
| 2010 | 31 | #994 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 35 | #843 |
| 2006 | 32 | #864 |
| 2005 | 42 | #689 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Mahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,401among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the US were named Mahir, making it the 1,401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Mahir of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Mahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Mahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #1,401 for this spelling alone.
Mahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,401 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,539 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,532 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,621 |
| 2019 | 79 | #1,886 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Mahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Amir Umar Hamza Mustafa Zayd Zayaan Zayan Abdullah Musab Ahmed
Other spellings of Mahir
Names related to Mahir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Mahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahir, updated 20 October 2026.