Mahalia
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Mahalia was most popular in 2020, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,584 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,412, with 53 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,370 people named Mahalia.
Mahalia over time
How old is the name Mahalia?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Mahalia is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 121 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Mahalia?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,370 American births named Mahalia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,982 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mahalia in 2025?
53 American babies were named Mahalia in 2025, ranking #5,412 that year.
Is Mahalia getting more or less popular?
Mahalia is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 35 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +53% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mahalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mahalia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,370 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mahalia?
Roughly 1,982 Americans named Mahalia are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 10 and 34.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mahalia is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org