Mehar
Feminine · “grace”
Mehar is given to both — 626 girls and 46 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Mehar is a Punjabi and Urdu word for grace — the kindness that is given rather than earned. It is one syllable short of a sentence in Sikh and Muslim families alike, and it carries the same warm sense in both.
How old is the name Mehar?
Mehar first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Mehar is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Mehar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mehar most popular?
Mehar peaked in 2025, reaching #2751 nationally. Today it ranks #2751, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mihr to Mehar
The story of Mehar
Persian mihr sat at the center of an old vocabulary of light and affection before it traveled east with the language of courts and poetry. In Punjabi and Urdu it settled into mehar, the grace shown by someone with the power to withhold it, and it appears in devotional writing and in everyday speech alike. As a given name it is used across Punjab for children of either sex, and it reached American records with families from the same region.
Meaning
grace, kindness
The root is the Persian mihr, which also carries the older senses of sun and of love; Punjabi and Urdu took the word in its sense of favor or mercy.
How the name formed
- mihr
- mehar
Related forms: Mihar · Meher · Mehr
Pronouncing Mehar
MEH-hur
Two light syllables with a breathy middle. English speakers often say it as one, MAIR, which loses the h.
Nicknames for Mehar
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 202562 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2751reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +44.2%62 in 2025, from 43
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mehar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mihar in Punjabi — transliteration
- Meher in Urdu — spelling variant
- Mehr in Persian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Washington.
Mehars among us
people named Mehar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,924 born in 2025 was named Mehar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cesia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mehar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cesia climbed just as high around 2009, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cesia's path sketches the road Mehar is walking now.
Mehar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mehar is headed
Mehar should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Mehar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mehar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Short, easy to say, and spelled the way it sounds for most English speakers.
- It is a real word in daily use in Punjabi and Urdu, so it never needs explaining to family.
- Used for boys and girls in Punjab, which makes it a workable choice before a birth.
- Mehr, Meher and Mehar all circulate, and the one you choose will be corrected by relatives who use another.
- The breathy h in the middle tends to vanish in American mouths, leaving something closer to mare.
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Feminine · #2751 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Mehars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Mehar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mehar in 2025?
- Mehar ranks #2751 among US girl names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mehar?
- About 1 in every 25,924 US girls born in 2025 was named Mehar — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mehar with classmates?
- Mehar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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