Mahlon
Mahlon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 491st, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191995 births
- Best rank
- #491in 1896
- Since 1880
- 5,608people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,608 boys have been named Mahlon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 95 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mahlon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 87 | |
| 1900s | 100 | |
| 1910s | 545 | |
| 1920s | 825 | |
| 1930s | 648 | |
| 1940s | 568 | |
| 1950s | 428 | |
| 1960s | 296 | |
| 1970s | 280 | |
| 1980s | 286 | |
| 1990s | 378 | |
| 2000s | 420 | |
| 2010s | 435 | |
| 2020s | 217 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Mahlon was the 623rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Mahlon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edwinpeak 1922
- Julespeak 1928
- Irvinpeak 1923
- Rollinpeak 1925
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Harrispeak 1921
- Louiepeak 2024
- Louispeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.