Mehtab
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- meh-TAAB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #718 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Mehtab is a name of Persian origin, meaning “moonlight”. In 2025 it ranked 718th for boys in the UK (54 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Mehtab mean?
Persian: from Persian mahtab
“moonlight”
From Persian mahtab, moonlight, and used in both Sikh and Muslim families.
Is Mehtab a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mehtab has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 54 boys in the UK and 40 boys in the US.
How popular is Mehtab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 505% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the UK were named Mehtab, making it the 718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. 9 girls were also named Mehtab in 2025 (2,856th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Mehtab of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mehtab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 boys in the UK were given Mehtab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #718 for this spelling alone.
- Mehtab 54
- Mehtaab 6
In 2025, 14% of the babies named Mehtab in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 668th in England and Wales.
Mehtab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #718 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 35 | #969 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Mehtab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Mehtab, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had the most boys named Mehtab of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Mehtab in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Mehtab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
- Mehtab 40
- Mehtaab 8
In 2024, 14% of the babies named Mehtab in the US were girls.
Mehtab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Mehtab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musab Musa Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Ayyub Zayd Zayyan Hamza Mustafa Umar Azaan
Other spellings of Mehtab
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, “Mehtab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehtab, updated 20 October 2026.