Mahalia
- #3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,370since 1880
Mahalia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mahalia has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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 | #3,067 | 53 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 |
| 2021 | #2,929 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 |
| 2019 | #3,337 | 47 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 |
| 2006 | #3,264 | 50 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 |
| 1992 | #2,351 | 55 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mahalia was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mahalia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 52 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #3,067)
- 470 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #3,067)
- 1,077 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #3,067)
- Biggest jump: 6 spots in 1881
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,199
- Highest: 1 in 18,199 girls born in 1880 were named Mahalia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #830 in 1881, was only 1 in 18,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 18.1% of all girls named Mahalia (429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #830 (1881) | #1,013 |
| 1890s | 46 | #1,181 (1899) | #1,290 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,219 (1902) | #1,620 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,460 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,387 (1922) | #3,660 |
| 1930s | 35 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,537 |
| 1940s | 96 | #2,340 (1949) | #3,094 |
| 1950s | 124 | #2,474 (1951) | #3,394 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,820 (1960) | #4,257 |
| 1970s | 75 | #4,793 (1972) | #5,358 |
| 1980s | 107 | #4,476 (1983) | #6,686 |
| 1990s | 396 | #2,229 (1996) | #3,455 |
| 2000s | 429 | #2,854 (2002) | #3,509 |
| 2010s | 387 | #3,314 (2013) | #3,960 |
| 2020s | 332 | #2,597 (2020) | #2,982 |
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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