Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Maher

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Generous
Arabic
Skilled, skillful
Irish

Syllables

2

Famous People

Comedian Bill Maher

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #2718, 47 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202547
202428
202341
202231
202130
202034
201935
201839
201740
201635

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #1133, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #4535, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025153
202413–
202321–
202218–
202116–
2020174
201917–
2018243
201724–
201611–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #514, 106 births); most recent 2023 (rank #629, 67 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202367
202279
202179
202090
201987
201897
201799
201688
201596
2014106

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence