Mahlon

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #2,833in 2025
  • 1 in 38,819boys in 2025
  • +7%last ten years
  • 9.9×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1896.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 145 recorded years as a table
Mahlon, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880127
188169
1882106
1883124
1884105
188556
188681
188759
188866
188972
189045
1891119
189282
189345
189460
1895102
1896151
189780
189985
190040
190194
190290
190359
190486
190560
190690
190782
190865
190979
191088
191189
191267
191378
191455
191580
191689
191797
191870
191997
192087
192174
192284
192382
192473
192575
192672
192770
192860
192973
193065
193166
193267
193369
193473
193560
193651
193757
193857
193951
194046
194153
194243
194331
194438
194535
194626
194728
194843
194943
195026
195127
195229
195325
195419
195519
195617
195715
195817
195920
196015
196118
196214
196312
196419
196515
196616
196717
196813
196915
197018
197114
197218
197313
197415
197521
197621
197721
197813
197916
198017
198117
198215
198318
198414
198512
198617
198717
198813
198915
199019
199119
199217
199318
199416
199518
199621
199725
199819
199922
200022
200126
200223
200320
200418
200519
200621
200724
200817
200923
201023
201124
201220
201323
201419
201524
201623
201721
201830
201925
202021
202128
202230
202326
202421
202526

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 9.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
44
Rank in 2025
#2,833
How rare
1 in 38,819 boys
Since 1880
5,660

Most popular in 1896, at 151 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 7% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania9.9×38

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.