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Mahlon

#2,866 in 2025Boys' name

From Biblical Hebrew מַחְלוֹן; literal meaning unconfirmed

Mahlon has been given to 5,683 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,866 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1919, with 95 recorded.

Babies named Mahlon, 2025

1 in 75,300

Mahlon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mahlon: meaning, origin, and history

From Biblical Hebrew מַחְלוֹן; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hebrew

What Mahlon means

Mahlon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Mahlon is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Mahlon comes through Biblical Hebrew מַחְלוֹן.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,660 boys were recorded with the name Mahlon between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 95 in 1919; its best national rank was #491 in 1896.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,108 in 2020 to #2,866 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,667 in 2015 to #2,866 in 2025.

In the United States, 23 girls were recorded with the name Mahlon between 2008 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2008; its best national rank was #14,463 in 2020.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mahlon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 75,300
44 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 38,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,866
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
52,226 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mahlon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 52,226 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mahlon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mahlons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mahlon was born before 1949 — so the typical Mahlon is around 76 today.

Median birth year
1949
About 76 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
14.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,792
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 14.6% of all recorded uses (825).

Is Mahlon 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
+386
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+242
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−199
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.96×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.3%
Peak was 1919 (95)
Years since peak
106
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#491
1896

Spellings of Mahlon

Mahlon is not the most common spelling — Mason is, with 56.4% against Mahlon's 0.93%.

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.

Where Mahlon is used

Across 1910–2025, Mahlon was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 54,660 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 7,692
  2. 2Indiana1 in 33,333
  3. 3Maine1 in 33,333
  4. 4Ohio1 in 33,333
  5. 5Iowa1 in 100,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mahlon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mahlon around the world

Where Mahlon 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.

  • France
    2004–2024
    #6,440
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2007–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Mahlon

People whose public names include Mahlon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Mahlon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,866
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 242
Best rank ever
#491
1896
Peak year
1919
95 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,660
Count in 2025
44

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,463
2020
Peak year
2008
6 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
23
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mahlon

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

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Names with a curve like Mahlon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Mahlon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EvansFranklynJulesGilesRaleighOrrinDomenickHardyLeeroyWaltonMerrittOrin

Sibling names for Mahlon

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

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