Mahalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-HAY-lee-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Mahalia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Mahalia mean?
Hebrew: probably from biblical Mahalah or Mahalath
Made famous by Mahalia Jackson, the American singer known as the Queen of Gospel.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mahalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahalia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Mahalia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mahalia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Mahalia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Mahalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Mahalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Mahalia, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 65 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Mahalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella, Amelia, Emilia, Olivia, Mia, Eliza, Sophia, Aurelia, Arabella, Ophelia, Ava, Cecilia
Names related to Mahalia
Maliha, Mahlia, Mahala, Mahli, Malaiya, Malaia, Mahayla, Malayia, Malaiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Mahalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahalia, updated 20 October 2026.