Mahlia

Mahlia was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Mahlia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Mahlia as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Mahlia as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,860 (11)#4,867 (4)
2024#6,167 (19)#3,696 (6)
2023#6,169 (19)#3,219 (7)
2022#4,793 (28)#3,971 (5)
2021#4,607 (29)#5,581 (3)
2020#4,757 (27)—
2019#4,162 (34)#4,001 (5)
2018#5,152 (25)—
2017#5,661 (22)#4,063 (5)
2016#5,985 (21)—
2015#6,452 (19)#4,736 (4)
2014#6,207 (20)—
2013#4,645 (30)#5,742 (3)
2012#4,486 (32)—
2011#5,063 (27)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #3,677.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mahlia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 210,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.