Boys' name · since 2024

Mahalo

11 babies named Mahalo in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#33,842 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,893 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
11
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade

11 babies have been named Mahalo since 2024, making it today's #11893 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Mahalo recorded 11 times among boys since 2024, holding rank #11893 nationally today, ahead of 15% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.

  • #33,842 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,893 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 11 born since 2024
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahalo ranks #33,842 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,893 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.

#33,842 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,893 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
11
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%14.6%
Mahalo vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Mahalo's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mahalo compares

11 4th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Mahalo's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mahalo Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 11 369 358,536
Peak-year births 6 34 22,252

Mahalo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Mahalo's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Mahalo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
6
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
4.555.566.5 20242025 6

Mahalo by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Mahalo's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Mahalo births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mahalo?
Mahalo has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 2024, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #33,842 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #11,893 of 13,930. 6 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Mahalo sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahalo ranks #33,842 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,893 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mahalo most popular?
Mahalo was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Mahalo been used?
Records for Mahalo go back to 2024, giving 2 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Mahalo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mahlon, Mahmoud, Mahdi, Mahir, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mahalo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2024–2025 (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 Mahalo 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.