Mahli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-lee
Mahli is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Mahli a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahli is a girls' name.
How popular is Mahli in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mahli in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Mahli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Salem, Zaya, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Zaira, Zayla, Hafsa, Naziyah
Names related to Mahli
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, “Mahli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahli, updated 20 October 2026.