Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Maher

#4,396 most common boys' name of all time · #10,796 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#4,396
Rank overall
#10,796 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,156
Since 2016
360
Peak year
2025 #2,740
Best rank
#2,473 1983
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
198020002020

Maher first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 47 47 #2,740
2024 — 28 28 #3,920
2023 — 41 41 #3,022
2022 — 31 31 #3,645
2021 — 30 30 #3,684
2020 — 34 34 #3,297
2019 — 35 35 #3,284
2018 — 39 39 #3,023
2017 — 40 40 #2,967
2016 — 35 35 #3,253
2015 — 37 37 #3,111
2014 — 39 39 #2,953
2013 — 30 30 #3,531
2012 — 21 21 #4,577
2011 — 18 18 #5,050
2010 — 20 20 #4,725
2009 — 14 14 #6,180
2008 — 14 14 #6,148
2007 — 16 16 #5,509
2006 — 12 12 #6,580
2005 — 23 23 #3,992
2004 — 14 14 #5,604
2003 — 29 29 #3,223
2002 — 14 14 #5,215
2001 — 29 29 #3,091
2000 — 16 16 #4,641
1999 — 17 17 #4,238
1998 — 15 15 #4,496
1997 — 15 15 #4,332
1996 — 29 29 #2,641
1995 — 10 10 #5,646
1994 — 31 31 #2,478
1993 — 16 16 #3,908
1992 — 24 24 #2,880
1991 — 27 27 #2,579
1990 — 18 18 #3,388
1989 — 13 13 #4,154
1988 — 15 15 #3,457
1987 — 16 16 #3,140
1986 — 11 11 #4,022
1985 — 15 15 #3,154
1984 — 16 16 #2,898
1983 — 20 20 #2,473
1982 — 14 14 #3,229
1981 — 14 14 #3,156
1980 — 14 14 #3,204
1979 — 13 13 #3,299
1978 — 11 11 #3,536
1977 — 10 10 #3,752
1976 — 16 16 #2,682
1975 — 13 13 #3,027
1974 — 7 7 #4,479
1973 — 6 6 #4,870
1972 — 12 12 #2,959
1969 — 7 7 #3,880
1963 — 5 5 #4,598