How Many People Are Named Mahala?
people named Mahala are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 185,450 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,889 babies named Mahala in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MAHALAH or MAHALATH. It has occasionally been used as an English Christian name since the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mahala in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mahala alive today is about 29 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mahala first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 74 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mahala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #355, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #7,357.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,357 |
| Best rank | #355 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,675 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mahala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mahala were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mahala was given 20.1 times as often in Kentucky and 8.3 times in Ohio.
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