Mumtaz
Girl · moom-TAHZ · Arabic
Mumtaz is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “distinguished, excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Mumtaz mean?
Arabic: Arabic mumtaz
“distinguished, excellent”
The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
- Say it
- moom-TAHZ
Is Mumtaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Mumtaz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mumtaz in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mumtaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mumtaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
How popular is Mumtaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Mumtaz, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Mumtaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mumtaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Mumtaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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