Mahsa
Mahsa or Mahsฤ is a feminine given name of Persian origin. The name has the meaning "like the moon". Mah (๐ถ๐) is the Old Persian word for "moon", and -sฤ (ูุณุง), as a suffix, means "representing, alike, as".
Meaning & Origin of Mahsa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mahsa or Mahsฤ is a feminine given name of Persian origin. The name has the meaning "like the moon". Mah (๐ถ๐) is the Old Persian word for "moon", and -sฤ (ูุณุง), as a suffix, means "representing, alike, as".
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The Story of Mahsa
Mahsa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1983, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 49 Mahsas were born โ ranking #3,275 that year. As of 2026, Mahsa ranks #3,348 for baby girls with 47 births, rising sharply (+106% over the past five years). In total, more than 416 Mahsas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Mahsa
Mahsa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 416 births in the dataset. Mahsa's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #3,275. Use the chart and map above to compare Mahsa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880โ2026) โ U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms โ Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary โ Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution โ Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names โ Datamuse .
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