Girls' name · since 2004
Haelyn
Haelyn has 435 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,961 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 435
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
435 babies have been named Haelyn since 2004, making it today's #4961 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haelyn has been recorded 435 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #4961 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #12,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,961 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 435 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haelyn ranks #12,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,961 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 435 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,961 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 435
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Haelyn's 435 recorded births place it above 82.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Haelyn compares
435 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Haelyn's all-time total is 16% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 435 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Haelyn's full recorded timeline at 2015, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Haelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Haelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (210 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Haelyn's strongest decade.
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Haelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
210 births
- 2020s
2020s
172 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 210 births (48% of all-time use).
Haelyn by state
Where Haelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 3.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.1% |
17 of 435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Haelyn's data
- Haelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (210 total births) through the 2020s (172) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Haelyns (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Haelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Haelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.