girl's name

Mahum

  • Origin Atayal
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 424

Mahum is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Mahum is a name of Atayal origin.
  • Peaked in 2004, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1993.

Mahum over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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Births named Mahum by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 33
2000s 119
2010s (to 2014) 38

How popular is Mahum?

In 2014, Mahum was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mahum is used

Canada #2,818 7 in 2011
England & Wales #4,590 5 in 2021
United States #10,073 11 in 2014

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 Mahum

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

Parents who like Mahum also like

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

Sibling names for Mahum

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

Common questions about Mahum

How popular is the name Mahum?

In 2014, Mahum was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Mahum is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mahum most popular?

Mahum peaked in 2004, when 20 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.