Meaning not yet researched.
Mahala: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 15 in 2025. Its best rank was #355 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #355 in 1882; #7,359 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mahala in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,359 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #355.
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Mahala: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 15 girls in 2025. Peak: #355 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 74 (2006).
In 2025, 15 US girls were named Mahala, making it the 7,359th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,121 places from #5,238 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 25 girls named Mahala in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #355, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 74, in 2006. For comparison, it was #5,062 in 2015 and #2,308 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mahala in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 2,889 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 627 babies named Mahala.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 259 US girls were named Mahala; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 40. In 2025 that was about 1 in 107,151 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Malaya (8,467 babies since 1880) and Mayla (1,703 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mayola, Mayela and Maela are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hallie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mayola (1,211), Mayela (927), Maela (445), Maeola (445), Mahaila (130), Maella (61), Mahaela (6), Mahlah (5), Mahla (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,359 | — | — |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,238 | — | — |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,203 | — | — |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,639 | — | — |
| 2021 | 26 | #5,037 | — | — |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,420 | — | — |
| 2019 | 20 | #6,107 | — | — |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,952 | — | — |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,812 | — | — |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,936 | — | — |
| 2015 | 27 | #5,062 | — | — |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,616 | — | — |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,090 | — | — |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,564 | — | — |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,525 | — | — |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,789 | — | — |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,115 | — | — |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,940 | — | — |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,234 | — | — |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,500 | — | — |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,658 | — | — |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,796 | — | — |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,334 | — | — |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,516 | — | — |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,655 | — | — |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,227 | — | — |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,215 | — | — |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,679 | — | — |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,577 | — | — |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,337 | — | — |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,546 | — | — |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,073 | — | — |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,112 | — | — |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,622 | — | — |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,109 | — | — |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,616 | — | — |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,384 | — | — |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,923 | — | — |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,586 | — | — |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,324 | — | — |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,894 | — | — |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,735 | — | — |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,726 | — | — |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,638 | — | — |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,133 | — | — |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,462 | — | — |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,985 | — | — |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,085 | — | — |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,340 | — | — |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,002 | — | — |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,633 | — | — |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,601 | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,308 | — | — |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,929 | — | — |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,653 | — | — |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,154 | — | — |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,702 | — | — |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,720 | — | — |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,274 | — | — |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,226 | — | — |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,700 | — | — |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,161 | — | — |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,549 | — | — |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,833 | — | — |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,419 | — | — |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,607 | — | — |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,497 | — | — |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,256 | — | — |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,390 | — | — |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,632 | — | — |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,038 | — | — |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,308 | — | — |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,778 | — | — |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,771 | — | — |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,126 | — | — |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,298 | — | — |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,996 | — | — |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,094 | — | — |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,900 | — | — |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,234 | — | — |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,663 | — | — |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,048 | — | — |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,347 | — | — |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,667 | — | — |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,626 | — | — |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,379 | — | — |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,027 | — | — |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,763 | — | — |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,131 | — | — |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,164 | — | — |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,150 | — | — |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,574 | — | — |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,988 | — | — |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,047 | — | — |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,726 | — | — |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,099 | — | — |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,480 | — | — |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,243 | — | — |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,168 | — | — |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,786 | — | — |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,591 | — | — |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,851 | — | — |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,579 | — | — |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,921 | — | — |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,503 | — | — |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,703 | — | — |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,082 | — | — |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,511 | — | — |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,395 | — | — |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1907 | 19 | #888 | — | — |
| 1906 | 22 | #782 | — | — |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,328 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #957 | — | — |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1900 | 17 | #933 | — | — |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1898 | 22 | #710 | — | — |
| 1897 | 17 | #777 | — | — |
| 1896 | 17 | #804 | — | — |
| 1895 | 14 | #883 | — | — |
| 1894 | 19 | #694 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #731 | — | — |
| 1892 | 21 | #630 | — | — |
| 1891 | 22 | #567 | — | — |
| 1890 | 19 | #611 | — | — |
| 1889 | 13 | #743 | — | — |
| 1888 | 23 | #530 | — | — |
| 1887 | 17 | #549 | — | — |
| 1886 | 13 | #647 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #530 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #605 | — | — |
| 1883 | 20 | #430 | — | — |
| 1882 | 25 | #355 | — | — |
| 1881 | 13 | #480 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #613 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).