boy's name

Mahad

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,802

Ireland

#847

2012 births

Mahad is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2017, when 42 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Mahad over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

293
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mahad by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 79
2000s 282
2010s 293
2020s (to 2025) 136

How popular is Mahad?

In 2025, Mahad was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Mahad is used

Ireland #847 3 in 2012
England & Wales #1,508 18 in 2025
Canada #1,893 11 in 2024
United States #6,297 14 in 2025
France #6,321 5 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mahad

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mahad also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mahad over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mahad

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mahad — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mahad

How popular is the name Mahad?

In 2025, Mahad was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Mahad a girl's or a boy's name?

Mahad is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Mahad most popular?

Mahad peaked in 2017, when 42 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Mahad a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mahad currently ranks #1,508 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.