Girls' name · since 1980
Haifa
Haifa has 231 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Haifa currently ranks #9036 among girls' names in America, with 231 babies recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haifa has been recorded 231 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #9036 nationally and more common than 48% 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 1980 to 2025.
- #18,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,036 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haifa ranks #18,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,036 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 231 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Haifa's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Haifa compares
231 40th percentile among 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
Haifa's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haifa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haifa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Haifa's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Haifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Haifa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Haifa's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Haifa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (39% of all-time use).
Haifa by state
Where Haifa concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 231 births nationwide.
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What to do with Haifa's data
- Haifa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Haifas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Haifa: 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 (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Haifa 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.