Mahalia

Where Mahalia comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mahalia.

  • Vowel-ended
Mahalia through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #830
    5 babies named Mahalia, its best rank.
  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.