How Many People Are Named Mahalia?
people named Mahalia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 172,793 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,370 babies named Mahalia 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
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MAHALA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mahalia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mahalia alive today is about 26 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mahalia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2020, to 65 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mahalia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #899, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,088.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,088 |
| Best rank | #899 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,497 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mahalia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mahalia were born in California than in any other state: about 107 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mahalia was given 3.4 times as often in Florida, 2.5 times in New York and 2.2 times in California.
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