Mahlon
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,660since 1880
Mahlon over time
Rank among boys' names. Mahlon has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,833 | 44 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,805 | 45 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,589 | 52 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,623 | 49 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | — | #2,417 | 54 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,071 | 38 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,726 | 44 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,641 | 46 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,038 | 37 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #2,626 | 46 |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,702 | 45 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 2007 | — | #2,533 | 49 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,698 | 43 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,803 | 38 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,887 | 35 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,579 | 39 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,295 | 45 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,050 | 51 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,256 | 43 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,908 | 48 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,253 | 35 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,502 | 30 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,214 | 34 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,952 | 39 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,968 | 38 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,873 | 32 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,608 | 33 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,454 | 29 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,277 | 36 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,213 | 38 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,025 | 50 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #992 | 50 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #782 | 77 | |
| 1948 | — | #789 | 75 | |
| 1947 | — | #984 | 52 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,045 | 43 | |
| 1945 | — | #943 | 47 | |
| 1944 | — | #878 | 52 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #770 | 65 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | — | #811 | 56 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #787 | 61 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #785 | 62 | |
| 1934 | — | #705 | 75 | |
| 1933 | — | #740 | 68 | |
| 1932 | — | #746 | 70 | |
| 1931 | — | #742 | 69 | |
| 1930 | — | #755 | 71 | |
| 1929 | — | #701 | 78 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1926 | — | #712 | 80 | |
| 1925 | — | #703 | 84 | |
| 1924 | — | #726 | 83 | |
| 1923 | — | #674 | 90 | |
| 1922 | — | #678 | 91 | |
| 1921 | — | #733 | 81 | |
| 1920 | — | #660 | 93 | |
| 1919 | — | #619 | 95 | |
| 1918 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1917 | — | #623 | 90 | |
| 1916 | — | #662 | 79 | |
| 1915 | — | #715 | 68 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #734 | 40 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mahlon was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mahlon is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#418 · 1 in 10,229
- New York#499 · 1 in 13,997
Best ever in a state: #163 in Maine, 1916.
Show every state
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| Pennsylvania | #418 | 7 | 1 in 10,229 |
| New York | #499 | 6 | 1 in 13,997 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Mahlon
- 383 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,833)
- 241 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #2,833)
- 192 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 479 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #683)
- Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1900 (#714 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #481 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1901–1942
- Highest: 1 in 6,642 boys born in 1896 were named Mahlon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.6% of all boys named Mahlon (825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | #482 (1880) | #655 |
| 1890s | 87 | #481 (1896) | #736 |
| 1900s | 100 | #683 (1901) | #825 |
| 1910s | 545 | #619 (1919) | #729 |
| 1920s | 825 | #660 (1920) | #713 |
| 1930s | 648 | #705 (1934) | #767 |
| 1940s | 568 | #770 (1941) | #890 |
| 1950s | 428 | #939 (1952) | #1,150 |
| 1960s | 296 | #1,262 (1961) | #1,456 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,435 (1970) | #1,764 |
| 1980s | 286 | #1,748 (1983) | #2,024 |
| 1990s | 379 | #1,908 (1997) | #2,162 |
| 2000s | 423 | #2,050 (2001) | #2,602 |
| 2010s | 436 | #2,417 (2018) | #2,768 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,589 (2022) | #2,857 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mahlon in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 19,570 of them was named Mahlon, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).