Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mahala

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mahala
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

66.2%

2024

All-time

2,873

Mahala has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 74 girls were named Mahala.

In 2024, only 25 girls were given the name.

Down 66.2% from its peak.

All told, about 2,873 Americans have been named Mahala and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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