Mahalia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mahalia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mahalia: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,959, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1959highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#2301
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2018	#3985
2019	#3151
2020	#3447
2021	#2341
2022	#2058
2023	#1959
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1959 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mahalia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mahalia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	53	10 of 10	5
2010s	35	8 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mahalia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1959 in England and Wales in 2023.

Mahalia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,959, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Maha · #677, 29y
Mahad · #338, 47y
Maham · #1070, 29y
Mahamed · #327, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emel · #1958, 24y
Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y
Zahira · #1958, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Remi-Mae · #1959, 10y
Emel · #1958, 24y
Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y

Mahalia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mahalia without appearing here.

Mahalia moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #4634.
Lorraine Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Mahalia

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Jan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #4688.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #2843.

Moved the same way as Mahalia

Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahalia went from #2683 to #3985 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahalia went from #2683 to #3985 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahalia went from #2683 to #3985 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahalia went from #2683 to #3985 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1959 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahalia

Mahalia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahalia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mahalia appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mahalia and the names beside it

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Mahalia at a glance

Mahalia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mahalia and the names beside it

Mahalia moved ahead of

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