Mahala

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births

Peak · girls
#352
1882 · 25 births
Debut · girls
1880
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,889
since 1880

Mahala over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mahala has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #352, 1882girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,13315
2024#5,14825
2023#5,12625
2022#4,58230
2021#4,96426
2020#5,31423
2019#5,98620
2018#4,88927
2017#3,76940
2016#4,85028
2015#4,98127
2014#4,54431
2013#5,01327
2012#4,48632
2011#4,46632
2010#3,74541
2009#3,08855
2008#2,92360
2007#3,21453
2006#2,48574
2005#2,63664
2004#2,78158
2003#2,32172
2002#2,49763
2001#2,63557
2000#2,21371
1999#2,20568
1998#2,65151
1997#2,55650
1996#3,30235
1995#3,49231
1994#4,01626
1993#4,99819
1992#5,48417
1991#5,00419
1990#4,52321
1989#6,16013
1988#6,66611
1987#6,33511
1986#9,5456
1985#5,67812
1984#5,53912
1983#9,0156
1982#4,52716
1981#6,8049
1980#3,41124
1979#4,84214
1978#4,93113
1977#4,23516
1976#6,6118
1975#7,1737
1974#6,2588
1973—
1972#5,9598
1971#7,3886
1970#4,49212
1969#7,4715
1968#6,2466
1967—
1966#4,4939
1965—
1964#5,0088
1963#6,5925
1962#3,59213
1961#6,5675
1960—
1959#3,43613
1958#5,4086
1957#4,2029
1956#3,49312
1955#3,37712
1954#3,15713
1953#3,26912
1952#2,58117
1951#2,93713
1950#2,25319
1949#3,6129
1948#3,5939
1947#2,27919
1946#2,09420
1945#3,1329
1944#4,5745
1943#4,6915
1942#1,86021
1941#2,19015
1940#2,57211
1939#2,9229
1938#3,1818
1937#2,57011
1936—
1935#3,4317
1934#2,28913
1933#2,8689
1932#2,64411
1931#2,9729
1930#2,11016
1929#2,09816
1928#2,49713
1927#1,93520
1926#1,99719
1925#1,70025
1924#2,06219
1923#1,46431
1922#2,18617
1921#2,12018
1920#1,75123
1919#2,51513
1918#1,80521
1917#1,55224
1916#1,86718
1915#1,47524
1914#1,66516
1913#1,06726
1912#1,21819
1911#1,45011
1910#1,33512
1909#1,01516
1908#1,04415
1907#87119
1906#77622
1905#1,05713
1904#1,2519
1903#93114
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
1900#91717
1899#1,03410
1898#69722
1897#76117
1896#79017
1895#85814
1894#68219
1893#71317
1892#61621
1891#55922
1890#59919
1889#72413
1888#52523
1887#53717
1886#63313
1885#52017
1884#58313
1883#42320
1882#35225
1881#47013
1880#5809
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.

See more about Mahala
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,985 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #7,133)
  • 1,819 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #7,133)
  • 2,152 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1906 (#1,057 → #776)
  • Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1899 (#697 → #1,034)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s163#352 (1882)#535
1890s178#559 (1891)#731
1900s145#776 (1906)#1,007
1910s184#1,067 (1913)#1,595
1920s201#1,464 (1923)#1,981
1930s93#2,110 (1930)#2,776
1940s123#1,860 (1942)#3,060
1950s126#2,253 (1950)#3,411
1960s51#3,592 (1962)#5,710
1970s92#4,235 (1977)#5,765
1980s120#3,411 (1980)#6,368
1990s337#2,205 (1999)#3,823
2000s627#2,213 (2000)#2,679
2010s305#3,745 (2010)#4,673
2020s144#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.

Mahala in 1891

girls
#559
22 births · 1 in 8,431 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #559Mahala22
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 8,431 of them was named Mahala, which outranked 63.5% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mahala
  1. #541Theodora23
  2. #541Therese23
  3. #541Viva23
  4. #559Mahala22
  5. #559Alda22
  6. #559Cathrine22
  7. #559Celeste22
  8. #572America21
  9. #572Bennie21
  10. #572Carolina21

Tied with 12 names at #559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891 →