Mahogany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-HOG-uh-nee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Mahogany is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “mahogany wood”. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Mahogany mean?
English: English word name for the tropical hardwood
“mahogany wood”
Named for the prized reddish-brown hardwood; the English word's earlier origin is uncertain.
Is Mahogany a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahogany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahogany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,645th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Mahogany, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Mahogany than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Mahogany in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Mahogany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
- Mahogany 65
- Mahogani 8
Mahogany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,387 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,318 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 79 | #2,356 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,878 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,822 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 134 | #1,410 |
| 2000 | 164 | #1,208 |
| 1999 | 144 | #1,277 |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,371 |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 103 | #1,537 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,698 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,739 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,721 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,147 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,583 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,599 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,814 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,865 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
Names like Mahogany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Kennedy, Serenity, Felicity, Mckenna, Heavenly, Kalani, Hailey, Harmony, Riley, Nalani, Delaney
Other spellings of Mahogany
Names related to Mahogany
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mahogany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahogany, updated 20 October 2026.