Girls' name · since 1999
Mahelet
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 258 babies named Mahelet, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahelet currently ranks #2602 among girls' names in America, with 258 babies recorded since 1999.
Mahelet has 258 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2602 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #17,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,602 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahelet ranks #17,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,602 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 258 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahelet's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Mahelet compares
258 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Mahelet's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahelet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 80 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mahelet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mahelet splits its recorded history at 2018: 85% of all births land in the more recent half, 15% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 80 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mahelet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Mahelet by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (204 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Mahelet's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Mahelet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 44
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
204 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 204 births (79% of all-time use).
Mahelet by state
Where Mahelet concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 37 | 14.3% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 13 | 5.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.9% |
37 of 258 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Mahelets (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Mahelet 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.