Mehtab
Mehtab is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Mehtab
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mehtab is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Mehtab
As a girl name
American parents first put Mehtab on the record books as a girl name in 2018, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 9 Mehtabs were born — ranking #10,293 that year. About 77% of every Mehtab on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Mehtab last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Mehtab on the record books as a boy name in 2006, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 33 Mehtabs were born — ranking #3,515 that year. About 51% of every Mehtab on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mehtab ranks #3,515 for boys with 33 births, rising sharply (+47% over the past five years). All told, over 340 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mehtab
Mehtab is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 340 births in the dataset. Mehtab's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #3,515. Use the chart and map above to compare Mehtab'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 1880–2026) — 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 — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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