Mahelet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-heh-let
- Origin
- Amharic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Mahelet is a girls' name of Amharic origin, meaning “hymn, sacred song”. In 2025 it ranked 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Mahelet mean?
Amharic: spelling of the Ethiopian name Mahlet
“hymn, sacred song”
An Ethiopian name; mahlet means a hymn or sacred song in Ge'ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian church.
Is Mahelet a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahelet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahelet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,583rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Mahelet, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Mahelet in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahelet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Mahelet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Zaliyah, Sariyah, Zhamira, Daleyza, Khaleesi, Zaniyah, Azari, Mazikeen, Salem, Alaia, Madisson
Names related to Mahelet
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit, Kirubel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mahelet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahelet, updated 20 October 2026.