Girls' name · since 2003
Mahlea
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Mahlea, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Mahlea since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mahlea recorded 21 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2015.
- #45,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahlea ranks #45,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mahlea's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mahlea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mahlea's full recorded timeline at 2012, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mahlea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2015
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Mahlea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (15 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Mahlea's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Mahlea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahlea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2003–2015 (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 Mahlea 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.