# Mahalia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mahalia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,370 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,370 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,318 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,193 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,351 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,723 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,200 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,970 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,674 |
| 2018 | 47 | 3,375 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3,365 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,617 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,949 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,984 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,254 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,153 |
| 2025 | 53 | 3,088 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Mahalia

- Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer (1911–1972)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.