Mah: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mah comes from Chinese.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mah through the years

Babies since 1880: 5; 0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year: 2009; 5 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Mah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2009–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 357 as a first name in 2020; 2,539 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Mah’s family of names

Walk Mah’s family in the name graph

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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