boys:
1.1k births since 1963
#3518 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1963
#6658 (14th percentile)
The name Maher is the #6,658 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,081 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 13.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,518 (23.2% percentile) for all time with 1,081 births since 1963.
Maher first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (first recorded for boys in 1963). Birth data for Maher is available in 54 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Maher reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Maher is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #875 (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maher".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Maher. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.0% confident that Maher is pronounced as MAH-her, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-HER, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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