Mahnoor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-noor
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #474 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Mahnoor is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “moonlight”. In 2025 it ranked 474th for girls in the UK (93 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Mahnoor mean?
Persian: Persian mah, moon, with Arabic nur, light
“moonlight”
Popular in Pakistani families, it joins Persian mah, moon, with Arabic nur, light.
Is Mahnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahnoor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 93 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 474th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the UK were named Mahnoor, making it the 474th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 633rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 116 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahnoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 451st in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Mahnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #474 |
| 2024 | 116 | #411 |
| 2023 | 79 | #534 |
| 2022 | 71 | #596 |
| 2021 | 63 | #668 |
| 2020 | 66 | #633 |
| 2019 | 63 | #669 |
| 2018 | 69 | #644 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 74 | #619 |
| 2015 | 60 | #723 |
| 2014 | 70 | #639 |
| 2013 | 68 | #651 |
| 2012 | 81 | #575 |
| 2011 | 65 | #671 |
| 2010 | 56 | #716 |
| 2009 | 80 | #539 |
| 2008 | 62 | #658 |
| 2007 | 58 | #662 |
| 2006 | 49 | #703 |
| 2005 | 46 | #724 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 42 | #689 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Mahnoor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Mahnoor, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Mahnoor in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahnoor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
Names like Mahnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Hafsa, Noor, Raya, Aaliyah, Hiba, Maya, Summer, Rahma, Ayat
Names related to Mahnoor
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
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, “Mahnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahnoor, updated 20 October 2026.