Mehrab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-RAAB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Mehrab is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Mehrab mean?
Persian: Shahnameh name; also linked to Arabic mihrab, prayer niche
In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Mehrab is the king of Kabul and father of Rudaba, the mother of the hero Rostam.
Is Mehrab a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehrab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehrab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Mehrab, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Mehrab of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Mehrab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Mehrab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Mehrab 19
- Mehraab 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Mehrab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Mehrab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mehrab, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had the most boys named Mehrab of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Mehrab in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mehrab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Mehrab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Musab, Mustafa, Amir, Mehtab, Zayd, Zayaan, Rabab, Umar, Zayan, Ayyub
Other spellings of Mehrab
Mehraab
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, “Mehrab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehrab, updated 20 October 2026.