Malhar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mul-HAR
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Malhar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Malhar mean?
Sanskrit: Marathi and Hindi name of a Hindustani raga
Raag Malhar is a Hindustani classical raga linked with the monsoon; Malhar Rao Holkar founded the Holkar dynasty of Indore.
Is Malhar a girl's or a boy's name?
Malhar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malhar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Malhar, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Malhar in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malhar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
Names like Malhar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zahir Zamir Muhammad Umar Azir Ahmir Musab Zayd Hamza Nazir Khaza
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Malhar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malhar, updated 20 October 2026.