Girls' name · since 1997

Halaina

144 babies named Halaina in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16155
among girls today
144
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade
9%
more common than other girls

Halaina currently ranks #16155 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 1997.

Halaina has 144 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16155 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.

  • #16155 among girls today
  • 144 born since 1997
  • 2000s peak decade
  • 9% more common than other girls

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

Halaina is currently the #16155 girls' name in America, more common than 9% of girls - 144 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.

#16155
among girls today
144
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade
9%
more common than other girls

Halaina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%8.8%
Halaina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#16155
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 9% of names given to girls today.

2000s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Halaina was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

10 babies were named Halaina in 2006 - its busiest year on record.

How Halaina compares

144 31st percentile among 17,726 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

Halaina's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Halaina Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 144 382 567,345
Peak-year births 10 48 19,840

Halaina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Halaina's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Halaina at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

144

Since 1997

28 years of records

Peak year

2006

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#16,155

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1997

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2024

Halaina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
10
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
4681012 19972000200420072010201420182024 5

Halaina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2000s was Halaina's strongest decade.

64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Halaina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Halaina?
144 babies have been named Halaina since 1997. It currently ranks #16155 among girls. The peak year was 2006 with 10 births.
When was Halaina most popular?
Halaina was most popular in the 2000s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Halaina been used?
Halaina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 28 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Halaina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Haley, Hallie, Halle, Haleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Halaina's data

  • Halaina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Halaina: #16155 Girls' Name - 144 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/halaina. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Halaina 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 July 2026.