Mahli

Girls' name

Weak, sick

Mahli has been given to 113 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Mahli, 2023

1 in 474,000

Mahli over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mahli: meaning, origin, and history

Weak, sick

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mahli means

Mahli means “weak, sick”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mahli is used in Biblical.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑː.laɪ̯/ for Mahli.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 113 girls were recorded with the name Mahli between 1996 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2003; its best national rank was #9,441 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Mahli?

Mahli had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 229,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 328,234 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mahli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,234 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mahli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mahlis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mahli was born before 2011 — so the typical Mahli is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 113; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.5% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Mahli rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (11)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,441; 2003

Spellings of Mahli

Mahli is not the most common spelling — Mable is, with 12.5% against Mahli's 0.03%.

Mable12.5%53,251
Marla9.1%38,781
Kali7.6%32,527
Malia7.4%31,606
Cali5.5%23,342
Maci5.0%21,342
Dahlia4.5%19,359
Mari3.9%16,579

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mahli around the world

Where Mahli ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2017–2020
#5,493
in 2020
South Australia
1986–2013
#233
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mahli by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,441; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 11 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 113
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mahli

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mahia Mahya Mahra Mahiya Maham Mahsa Mahana Mahani Mahum Mahri Mahera Mahrosh Mahdiya Anahli Mahari Mahwa Mahak Mahreen Mahva Mahima Mahati Tahli Mahveen Mahelet

Sibling names for Mahli

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shreya Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Sydnee Iyana

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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