Girls' name · since 1985
Halana
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 179 babies named Halana, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,249 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halana currently ranks #11249 among girls' names in America, with 179 babies recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halana has been recorded 179 times among girls since 1985, currently ranked #11249 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 1985 to 2025.
- #20,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,249 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halana ranks #20,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,249 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 179 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,249 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halana's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Halana compares
179 35th 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
Halana's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halana splits its recorded history at 2008: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Halana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Halana's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Halana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Halana's data
- Halana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Halana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Halana 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.