Mahala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-HAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Mahala is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Mahala mean?
Hebrew: from the biblical name Mahalah or Mahlah
Related to Mahlah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad who won the right to inherit land in the Book of Numbers.
Is Mahala a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahala in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Mahala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Mahala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Mahala, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 74 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mahala than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Mahala in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,699 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,120 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,067 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 19 | #871 |
| 1906 | 22 | #776 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 17 | #917 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 22 | #697 |
| 1897 | 17 | #761 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 19 | #682 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 22 | #559 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 23 | #525 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 13 | #633 |
| 1885 | 17 | #520 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 20 | #423 |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 |
| 1881 | 13 | #470 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Names like Mahala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mahala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahala, updated 20 October 2026.