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How popular is “Mahala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mahala” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mahala” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mahala” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mahala” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mahala” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mahala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mahala” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 23 0.000076801 23 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 31 0.000013464 31 100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 100%
1996 35 0.000009596 35 100%
1997 50 0.00001379 50 100%
1998 51 0.000013865 51 100%
1999 68 0.000018409 68 100%
2000 71 0.000018784 71 100%
2001 57 0.000015227 57 100%
2002 63 0.000016853 63 100%
2003 72 0.000018936 72 100%
2004 58 0.00001518 58 100%
2005 64 0.000016646 64 100%
2006 74 0.000018705 74 100%
2007 53 0.000013258 53 100%
2008 60 0.000015265 60 100%
2009 55 0.000014397 55 100%
2010 41 0.000011094 41 100%
2011 32 0.000008748 32 100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 100%
2013 27 0.000007406 27 100%
2014 31 0.000008364 31 100%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 100%
2017 39 0.000010905 39 100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 100%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 100%
2023 25 0.00000755 25 100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 100%

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