Mahalia
Mahalia was given to 53 girls in 2025, #3,088 among girls’ names; 2,370 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,970 Americans named Mahalia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 10 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mahalia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mahalia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mahalia is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mahalia?
#3,088 among girls’ names, 2025
Mahalia rose from #4,199 in 2015 to #3,088 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 19.6 to 33.0 per million.
65 babies in 2020, the peak
Mahalia peaked in 2020, when 65 girls were given it, #2,617 among girls’ names. The 53 births of 2025 are 82% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,088 | 33.0 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,153 | 31.5 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,254 | 31.2 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,984 | 34.1 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,949 | 34.7 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,617 | 40.2 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,364 | 28.0 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,374 | 27.6 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,673 | 24.3 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,970 | 21.4 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #4,199 | 19.6 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,721 | 16.8 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,349 | 27.4 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,191 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,317 | 19.3 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,931 | 21.9 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,066 | 20.7 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,978 | 21.2 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,955 | 20.8 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,291 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,692 | 21.6 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,869 | 20.1 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,566 | 21.9 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,872 | 28.9 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,284 | 23.3 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,879 | 27.5 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,349 | 21.4 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,149 | 22.6 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,638 | 27.6 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,240 | 34.2 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,351 | 31.8 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,069 | 14.6 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,794 | 23.8 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,363 | 29.8 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,832 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,325 | 7.4 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,713 | 8.1 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,865 | 4.5 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,208 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,132 | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,748 | 5.8 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,152 | 5.3 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,592 | 9.6 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,939 | 3.5 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,132 | 5.4 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,753 | 7.2 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,984 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,406 | 7.8 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,395 | 7.8 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,432 | 7.5 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,031 | 6.1 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,971 | 7.2 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,813 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,344 | 4.1 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,701 | 3.7 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,491 | 6.1 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,199 | 3.0 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,491 | 7.9 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,834 | 4.7 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,922 | 9.9 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,990 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,909 | 9.4 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,874 | 9.4 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,198 | 7.4 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,084 | 5.0 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,995 | 7.8 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,347 | 4.5 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,595 | 4.1 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,866 | 5.1 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,885 | 8.0 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,001 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,535 | 9.4 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,729 | 8.8 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,379 | 10.5 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,082 | 4.7 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,905 | 5.1 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,978 | 7.6 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,561 | 6.1 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,388 | 6.5 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,609 | 5.9 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,612 | 9.9 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,508 | 10.5 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,703 | 6.3 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,332 | 7.6 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,710 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,787 | 6.6 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,389 | 7.5 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,519 | 5.2 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,610 | 5.0 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,187 | 8.4 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,903 | 6.6 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,553 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,414 | 4.1 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,442 | 12.5 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,567 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,821 | 6.7 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,341 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,714 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,994 | 9.2 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,757 | 10.5 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,367 | 13.1 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,460 | 12.8 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,072 | 16.1 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,885 | 19.1 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,433 | 28.8 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,258 | 15.7 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,834 | 20.6 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,520 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,286 | 34.1 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,105 | 16.7 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,247 | 34.3 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,268 | 33.6 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,380 | 30.0 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,302 | 31.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,564 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,579 | 23.5 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,286 | 32.3 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,402 | 28.0 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,211 | 34.6 |
| 1881 | 5 | #906 | 54.4 |
| 1880 | 5 | #899 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mahalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mahalia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 121 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mahalia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mahalia, and how old are they?
1,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 2,370 Americans ever recorded as Mahalia. The median Mahalia alive today is 23 years old; half are between 10 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 1,709 people named Mahalia (1,704 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,701 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 31 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 199 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 120 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 357 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 648 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 615 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mahalia born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6 | #2,969 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mahalia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 39,687 babies since 1880, Mahalia is the third most given (6.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 53 of their 1,002 babies (5.3%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mahalia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Coral | 11,162 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mahalia and names like it
- Compare Mahalia and MaliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMahalia peaked in 2020.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mahalia since 1910.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Mahalia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Mahalia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.