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How popular is “Mahalia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mahalia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mahalia” 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 “Mahalia” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mahalia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mahalia” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 55 0.000014318 55 100%
1993 43 0.000011405 43 100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 100%
1995 56 0.000015292 56 100%
1996 60 0.000016451 60 100%
1997 48 0.000013239 48 100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 100%
1999 38 0.000010287 38 100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 100%
2002 52 0.00001391 52 100%
2003 40 0.00001052 40 100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 100%
2005 40 0.000010404 40 100%
2006 50 0.000012638 50 100%
2007 40 0.000010006 40 100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 100%
2009 38 0.000009947 38 100%
2010 39 0.000010553 39 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2013 48 0.000013166 48 100%
2014 30 0.000008094 30 100%
2015 35 0.000009457 35 100%
2016 38 0.000010358 38 100%
2017 42 0.000011744 42 100%
2018 47 0.000013368 47 100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 100%
2020 65 0.000019458 65 100%
2021 57 0.000016824 57 100%
2022 56 0.000016553 56 100%
2023 50 0.0000151 50 100%
2024 50 0.000015022 50 100%

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  1. Mahalah
  2. Mahalakshmi
  3. Mahalet
  4. Mahaley
  5. Mahali
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  7. Mahaliah
  8. Mahalie
  9. Mahalina
  10. Mahalo
  11. Mahalya