Maher
Maher is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202341 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1963
- 1,109people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,109 boys have been named Maher in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 41 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Maher was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Maher
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hanpeak 2018
- Asimpeak 2022
- Salimpeak 2023
- Benzionpeak 2019
- Hasanpeak 2023
- Gibranpeak 2014
- Bashirpeak 2020
- Aharonpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.