Girls' name · since 1995
Mahaila
130 babies named Mahaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mahaila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 130 have been recorded since 1995.
Mahaila has 130 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2023.
- #24,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 130 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahaila ranks #24,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mahaila's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mahaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mahaila's full recorded timeline at 2005, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mahaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Mahaila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (76 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Mahaila's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Mahaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 76 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Mahaila's decade-level peak was the 2000s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mahaila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mahaila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.