Mahala
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,889since 1880
Mahala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mahala has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 |
| 2008 | #2,923 | 60 |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 |
| 2003 | #2,321 | 72 |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 |
| 1999 | #2,205 | 68 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #682 | 19 |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 |
| 1888 | #525 | 23 |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 |
| 1883 | #423 | 20 |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mahala was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mahala is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mahala
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,819 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1906
- Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1899
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #352 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1880–1898
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,314
- Highest: 1 in 4,314 girls born in 1882 were named Mahala (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 21.7% of all girls named Mahala (627) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 163 | #352 (1882) | #535 |
| 1890s | 178 | #559 (1891) | #731 |
| 1900s | 145 | #776 (1906) | #1,007 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,067 (1913) | #1,595 |
| 1920s | 201 | #1,464 (1923) | #1,981 |
| 1930s | 93 | #2,110 (1930) | #2,776 |
| 1940s | 123 | #1,860 (1942) | #3,060 |
| 1950s | 126 | #2,253 (1950) | #3,411 |
| 1960s | 51 | #3,592 (1962) | #5,710 |
| 1970s | 92 | #4,235 (1977) | #5,765 |
| 1980s | 120 | #3,411 (1980) | #6,368 |
| 1990s | 337 | #2,205 (1999) | #3,823 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,213 (2000) | #2,679 |
| 2010s | 305 | #3,745 (2010) | #4,673 |
| 2020s | 144 | #4,582 (2022) | #5,378 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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