Mahalia

Where Mahalia comes from

The dictionaries list Mahalia as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #830
    5 babies named Mahalia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1911
    Mahalia Jackson born
    American gospel singer
  5. 1982
    Mahalia Barnes born
    Australian singer-songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Mahalia Jackson · American gospel singer, 1911–1972
  • Mahalia Barnes · Australian singer-songwriter, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.