Girls' name · since 1974
Mahina
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 687 babies named Mahina, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,852 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 687
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahina currently ranks #3852 among girls' names in America, with 687 babies recorded since 1974.
Mahina has 687 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3852 as of the latest data, more common than 78% 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 1974 to 2025.
- #9,633 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,852 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 687 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahina ranks #9,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,852 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 687 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,852 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 687
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahina's 687 recorded births place it above 86.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Mahina compares
687 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Mahina's all-time total is 83% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 687 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mahina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mahina's full recorded timeline at 2007, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 53 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mahina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Mahina by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (247 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Mahina's strongest decade.
247 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Mahina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 69
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
227 births
- 2020s
2020s
247 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 247 births (36% of all-time use).
How Mahina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mahina's total volume
Mahina by state
Where Mahina concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 364 | 53.0% |
| #2 | California | | 40 | 5.8% |
364 of 687 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Hawaii records the most Mahinas (364 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Mahina 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.