Mehtab is a distinctive choice, ranked #668 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Mehtab in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#668
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About the Name Mehtab
Mehtab has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 640 places in five years. It was most popular in 2022 at #1609 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Mehtab is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Mehtab in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Mehtab
Mehtab Singh (footballer) — Mehtab Singh is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG and the India national team.
Mehtab Abbasi — Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election.
Mehtab Kaur of Patiala — Mehtab Kaur was the second wife of the ninth and the last ruling Maharaja of Patiala Yadavindra Singh.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Mehtab
Unlikely. With around 54 UK babies named Mehtab per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mehtab in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mehtab is at its highest recorded position — #668 in 2025, with 54 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,935.
Mehtab is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Mehtab include: Mehtab Singh (footballer), Mehtab Abbasi and Mehtab Singh Grewal. Short summaries for each appear below.
Mehtab does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mehtabs in the wild.
54
UK babies named Mehtab (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 1267 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mehtab
Almost certainly the only Mehtab in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mehtab
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election.
Mehtab Singh was a lawyer, freedom fighter and legislator who became closely associated with Gurudwara Reform movement and later became the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.