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Girl name

Mhairi

100% girls · 6 born in 2025

Mhairi has been registered 195 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales195
Born in 20256

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Mhairi per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1999 · 20
  • Born in 20256
  • All time195
  • England & Wales, 20256

How popular is Mhairi?

Mhairi was given to 6 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 1999, with 20 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Mhairi

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Kairi0.75
  2. Shari0.70
  3. Mari0.70
  4. Khari0.70
  5. Amiri0.62
  6. Maira0.60
  7. Kari0.57
  8. Amari0.57

Middle names for Mhairi

Ranked by flow score
  1. Mhairi Catherine0.84
  2. Mhairi Josephine0.84
  3. Mhairi Rose0.83
  4. Mhairi Grace0.83
  5. Mhairi Jane0.83
  6. Mhairi Louise0.83

Sibling names for Mhairi

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Brontesister · 0.81
  2. Wesleybrother · 0.81
  3. Dionbrother · 0.81
  4. Ianbrother · 0.81
  5. Sabrinasister · 0.80
  6. Tarasister · 0.79

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year1999 · 20
  3. Years recorded26 of 30
  4. All time195

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Mhairi Reyes0.78
  2. Mhairi Nguyen0.78
  3. Mhairi Lee0.78
  4. Mhairi Hall0.78
  5. Mhairi Green0.78
  6. Mhairi Brown0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Mhairi

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.