Mahalia

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,370
since 1880

Mahalia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mahalia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #830, 1881girls
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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#3,06753
2024#3,11951
2023#3,22550
2022#2,95656
2021#2,92957
2020#2,59765
2019#3,33747
2018#3,34647
2017#3,62742
2016#3,92338
2015#4,14435
2014#4,65730
2013#3,31448
2012#5,11427
2011#4,24434
2010#3,88939
2009#4,01338
2008#3,93640
2007#3,91840
2006#3,26450
2005#3,64640
2004#3,81937
2003#3,53240
2002#2,85452
2001#3,25642
2000#2,85450
1999#3,31338
1998#3,11640
1997#2,62248
1996#2,22960
1995#2,34556
1994#4,01626
1993#2,76843
1992#2,35155
1991#5,65916
1990#6,13114
1989#5,54515
1988#8,3918
1987#5,07415
1986#8,5237
1985#6,45710
1984#6,8109
1983#4,47616
1982#9,2376
1981#6,8049
1980#5,54412
1979#5,75111
1978#5,21412
1977#5,21312
1976#5,21511
1975
1974#5,7769
1973
1972#4,79311
1971#5,5439
1970
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
1967#4,30010
1966#6,5645
1965#3,40214
1964#4,6369
1963#2,86419
1962#2,92218
1961#2,83919
1960#2,82019
1959#3,10415
1958#3,92510
1957#2,92616
1956#4,1619
1955#4,3768
1954#3,71810
1953#2,81215
1952#3,7969
1951#2,47417
1950#2,65215
1949#2,34018
1948#3,8838
1947#3,7069
1946#2,88012
1945#3,3888
1944
1943#3,2499
1942#3,4448
1941#2,53212
1940#2,42412
1939
1938#3,4507
1937
1936
1935#3,1568
1934#4,2865
1933
1932#3,5687
1931#3,2268
1930
1929
1928#4,1956
1927#4,2866
1926#3,04610
1925#3,6648
1924#3,3939
1923#4,9675
1922#2,38715
1921#3,4009
1920#3,5988
1919#2,26415
1918#3,5128
1917#2,87910
1916#2,65811
1915
1914#2,26510
1913#2,3318
1912#1,9819
1911#1,7928
1910
1909#1,36910
1908
1907#2,0615
1906
1905#1,6966
1904
1903#1,4407
1902#1,2199
1901
1900#1,9325
1899#1,1818
1898
1897
1896#1,2138
1895#1,2997
1894#1,2377
1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
1891#1,2136
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886#1,1085
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mahalia was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mahalia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#3,119#3,067)
  • 470 spots since 2020 (#2,597#3,067)
  • 1,077 spots since 2015 (#4,144#3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 6 spots in 1881 (#836#830)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,199
  • Highest: 1 in 18,199 girls born in 1880 were named Mahalia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #830 in 1881, was only 1 in 18,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Mahalia (429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#830 (1881)#1,013
1890s46#1,181 (1899)#1,290
1900s42#1,219 (1902)#1,620
1910s79#1,792 (1911)#2,460
1920s76#2,387 (1922)#3,660
1930s35#3,156 (1935)#3,537
1940s96#2,340 (1949)#3,094
1950s124#2,474 (1951)#3,394
1960s126#2,820 (1960)#4,257
1970s75#4,793 (1972)#5,358
1980s107#4,476 (1983)#6,686
1990s396#2,229 (1996)#3,455
2000s429#2,854 (2002)#3,509
2010s387#3,314 (2013)#3,960
2020s332#2,597 (2020)#2,982

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.

Mahalia in 1881

girls
#830
5 births · 1 in 18,391 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #830Mahalia5
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 18,391 of them was named Mahalia, which outranked 11.5% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mahalia
  1. #740Zena6
  2. #740Zenobia6
  3. #740Zilpha6
  4. #830Mahalia5
  5. #830Aggie5
  6. #830Alba5
  7. #830Aletha5

Tied with 108 names at #830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 431Isa#836#405
  2. 389Opal#836#447
  3. 345Natalie#836#491
  4. 304Arvilla#738#434
  5. 304Lauretta#738#434
Fallers
  1. 381Avis#449#830
  2. 365Clementine#375#740
  3. 364Eleanore#466#830
  4. 364Lonnie#466#830
  5. 319Luvenia#421#740

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

See the top 100 for 1881