Girls' name · since 1984
Halah
153 babies named Halah in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Halah is the #11242 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 153 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halah has been recorded 153 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #11242 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #22,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,242 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 153 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halah ranks #22,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,242 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 153 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halah's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Halah compares
153 32nd 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
Halah's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Halah's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Halah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Halah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Halah's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Halah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Halah's data
- Halah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Halah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Halah 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.