Girls' name · since 1998
Mahlet
Mahlet has 226 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mahlet sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 226 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahlet has been recorded 226 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2024.
- #18,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahlet ranks #18,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mahlet's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mahlet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mahlet's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mahlet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Mahlet by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Mahlet's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Mahlet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Mahlet's decade-level peak was the 2010s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahlet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1998–2024 (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 Mahlet 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.