Across the world, Махалия (Mahalia 
, Махалия 
) is quite a rare female forename. The first name Махалия is characteristic of Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare girly name, Jamaica, and Philippines, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Philippines, and Australia. Much less frequently, Махалия is the last name as well as the forename.