Boy · #2833 in 2025

Mahlon

Mahlon: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#2833
Born 2025
44
Peak year
1896

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Mahlon per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1896. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Mahlon has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 17% of its 1896 peak.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.