Girls' name · since 2011
Mahlani
Mahlani has 457 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahlani currently ranks #3247 among girls' names in America, with 457 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahlani has been recorded 457 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #3247 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #12,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,247 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 457 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahlani ranks #12,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,247 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 457 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mahlani's 457 recorded births place it above 82.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Mahlani compares
457 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Mahlani's all-time total is 22% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 457 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mahlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mahlani's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 70, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mahlani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Mahlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (336 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Mahlani's strongest decade.
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Mahlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 121
2010s
121 births
- 2020s
2020s
336 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 336 births (74% of all-time use).
Mahlani by state
Where Mahlani concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 27 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 20 | 4.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 15 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 14 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
27 of 457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Mahlanis (27 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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Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Mahlani 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.