Girls' name · since 1992
Mashala
22 babies named Mashala in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 22
- total births
- 1992–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 77%
- born in that decade
22 girls have been named Mashala since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mashala recorded 22 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2004.
- 22 total births
- 1992–2004 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 77% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mashala's 22 recorded births place it above 38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mashala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mashala splits its recorded history at 1998: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mashala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2004
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Mashala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mashala's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Mashala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Mashala's decade-level peak was the 1990s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1992–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mashala: Baby Name Since 1992 - 22 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mashala. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mashala 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 July 2026.