Mahsa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-sa
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Mahsa is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “like the moon”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Mahsa mean?
Persian
“like the moon”
A Persian name joining mah, 'moon', with the suffix -sa, 'like'.
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Is Mahsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahsa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahsa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Mahsa, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.
2025 had the most girls named Mahsa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mahsa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Mahsa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mahsa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Mahsa, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Mahsa in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Mahsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Rahma Hiba Abeeha Zainab Ayra Safaa Huda Nusaybah Ayah Irha
Names related to Mahsa
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), 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, “Mahsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahsa, updated 20 October 2026.