Given name
Mahima
“grandeur, glory”
Mahima is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “grandeur, glory.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mahima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 480
- 0 boys · 480 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,675 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,675 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 889 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Mahima
- Mahima ChaudhryIndian actressborn 1973
- Mahima MakwanaIndian actressborn 1999
- Mahima NambiarIndian actressborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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