Mahlon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAY-lun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Mahlon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “sickly”. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Mahlon mean?
Hebrew: biblical Hebrew name
“sickly”
In the Book of Ruth, Mahlon is Naomi's son and Ruth's first husband, who died in Moab.
Is Mahlon a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahlon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahlon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Mahlon, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1919, with 95 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mahlon in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Mahlon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
- Mahlon 44
- Maylen 7
Mahlon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,024 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 50 | #991 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1949 | 77 | #781 |
| 1948 | 75 | #788 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 47 | #943 |
| 1944 | 52 | #878 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 65 | #770 |
| 1940 | 53 | #862 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 63 | #770 |
| 1937 | 61 | #787 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 62 | #785 |
| 1934 | 75 | #705 |
| 1933 | 68 | #740 |
| 1932 | 70 | #746 |
| 1931 | 69 | #742 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 78 | #701 |
| 1928 | 66 | #806 |
| 1927 | 79 | #733 |
| 1926 | 80 | #712 |
| 1925 | 84 | #703 |
| 1924 | 83 | #726 |
| 1923 | 90 | #674 |
| 1922 | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | 81 | #733 |
| 1920 | 93 | #660 |
| 1919 | 95 | #619 |
| 1918 | 71 | #773 |
| 1917 | 90 | #623 |
| 1916 | 79 | #662 |
| 1915 | 68 | #715 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 40 | #734 |
| 1912 | 29 | #816 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Names like Mahlon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson Ellis John Marshall Simon Moses Henry Leon Edwin Milton Martin Charlie
Other spellings of Mahlon
Names related to Mahlon
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Mahlon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahlon, updated 20 October 2026.