Mahala — #5136 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mahala

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,873 babies named Mahala between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mahala currently holds the #5136 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 627 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mahala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Mahala in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mahala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,873 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.