Mayar
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ma-YAAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Mayar is a name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
Where does Mayar come from?
Arabic
Is Mayar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mayar has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 60 girls in the US.
How popular is Mayar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Mayar, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 21 girls. 3 boys were also named Mayar in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mayar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 75% of the babies named Mayar in the UK in 2018, and 86% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Mayar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Mayar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Mayar, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Mayar in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mayar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,491 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 74 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Mayar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Ayat Hafsa Rehmat Nusaybah Raya Ayra Hiba Rahma Abeeha
Names related to Mayar
Mariya Mayra Marya Mayara Maraya Mayer Maarya Mayur Mayari Maryah Marayah Mayuri
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Mayar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayar, updated 20 October 2026.