Mahrukh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- maah-ROOKH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Mahrukh is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “moon-faced”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Mahrukh mean?
Persian: mah 'moon' + rukh 'face'
“moon-faced”
A classic compliment to beauty in Persian and Urdu poetry, where a lovely face is likened to the moon.
Is Mahrukh a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahrukh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahrukh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 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, 5 girls in the UK were named Mahrukh, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mahrukh than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Mahrukh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Mahrukh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Mahrukh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Maham, Hibah, Farah, Aaliyah, Mahsa, Samah, Safa, Faiza, Musfirah, Maha, Afrah
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mahrukh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahrukh, updated 20 October 2026.