Mahalia

• Same eraBlaineLike Mahalia, it was given most in the 2000s.#991 · steady
• Same rhythmAlessioSame beat as Mahalia: four syllables, stress on the second, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#867 · rising
• ShorterEphraimThree syllables to Mahalia's four, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#988 · steady
• LongerEmilianoFive syllables to Mahalia's four: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#94 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.