Mahalia is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2020 and remains in steady use.
Mahalia is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,088 for girl births in the United States (and #5,446 across all names), given to 53 babies. Mahalia was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2020 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | #3,153 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | #2,984 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | #2,949 |
| 2020 | 65 | 65 | #2,617 |
| 2019 | 47 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2018 | 47 | 47 | #3,375 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | #3,970 |
| 2015 | 35 | 35 | #4,200 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | #4,723 |
| 2013 | 48 | 48 | #3,351 |
| 2012 | 27 | 27 | #5,193 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #4,318 |
| 2010 | 39 | 39 | #3,932 |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #4,067 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 | #3,979 |
| 2007 | 40 | 40 | #3,956 |
| 2006 | 50 | 50 | #3,292 |
| 2005 | 40 | 40 | #3,696 |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | #3,873 |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | #3,570 |
| 2002 | 52 | 52 | #2,876 |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | #3,288 |
| 2000 | 50 | 50 | #2,883 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | #3,352 |
| 1998 | 40 | 40 | #3,152 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | #2,641 |
| 1996 | 60 | — | #2,243 |
| 1995 | 56 | — | #2,356 |
| 1994 | 26 | — | #4,074 |
| 1993 | 43 | — | #2,799 |
| 1992 | 55 | — | #2,368 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,838 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,331 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,719 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #8,870 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #5,213 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,137 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,751 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,154 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #4,593 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #9,942 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #7,134 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #5,754 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #5,985 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,407 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | #5,396 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,434 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #6,032 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #4,972 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #5,815 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,346 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,703 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,492 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,200 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | #3,492 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,835 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | #2,923 |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #2,991 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #2,910 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #2,875 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,199 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #4,085 |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #2,996 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,348 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #4,596 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,868 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,886 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #4,002 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,536 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #2,730 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #2,380 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,084 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,907 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #2,979 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,563 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,389 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,611 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,614 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,509 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,705 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #3,334 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,712 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,789 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,391 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,521 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,612 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,188 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,904 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,555 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,415 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,442 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,568 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,823 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,341 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,716 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,996 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,758 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | #2,368 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,462 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #2,073 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,885 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #1,433 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,259 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,835 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,520 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,286 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,106 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,248 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,268 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,380 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,303 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,564 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,579 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,286 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,402 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,211 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #906 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #899 |