Mahala
Mahala is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 355th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200674 births
- Best rank
- #355in 1882
- Since 1880
- 2,873people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,873 girls have been named Mahala in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 74 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 2000s alone account for 22%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mahala | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 163 | |
| 1890s | 178 | |
| 1900s | 145 | |
| 1910s | 184 | |
| 1920s | 201 | |
| 1930s | 93 | |
| 1940s | 123 | |
| 1950s | 126 | |
| 1960s | 51 | |
| 1970s | 92 | |
| 1980s | 120 | |
| 1990s | 337 | |
| 2000s | 627 | |
| 2010s | 304 | |
| 2020s | 129 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Mahala was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Mahala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maggiepeak 2007
- Sinapeak 1917
- Abbiepeak 2003
- Senapeak 2023
- Molliepeak 1915
- Libbiepeak 1915
- Phebepeak 2011
- Louisapeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.