Mahala is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Mahala is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7,359 for girl births in the United States (and #12,690 across all names), given to 15 babies. Mahala first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2006 (74 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | #7,359 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #5,238 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,203 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | #4,639 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | #5,037 |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 | #5,420 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #6,107 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #4,952 |
| 2017 | 40 | 40 | #3,812 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 | #4,936 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #5,062 |
| 2014 | 31 | 31 | #4,616 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | #5,090 |
| 2012 | 32 | 32 | #4,564 |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | #4,525 |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | #3,789 |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | #3,115 |
| 2008 | 60 | 60 | #2,940 |
| 2007 | 53 | 53 | #3,234 |
| 2006 | 74 | 74 | #2,500 |
| 2005 | 64 | 64 | #2,658 |
| 2004 | 58 | 58 | #2,796 |
| 2003 | 72 | 72 | #2,334 |
| 2002 | 63 | 63 | #2,516 |
| 2001 | 57 | 57 | #2,655 |
| 2000 | 71 | 71 | #2,227 |
| 1999 | 68 | 68 | #2,215 |
| 1998 | 51 | 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 |