Girls' name · since 2015
Halani
152 babies named Halani in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Halani is the #3339 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 152 recorded since 2015.
Halani has 152 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3339 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #22,633 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,339 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 152 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halani ranks #22,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,339 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 152 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Halani's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
How Halani compares
152 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
Halani's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 152 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halani splits its recorded history at 2021: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 47 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #3339 among girls.
152 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 47 births in a single year.
Halani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 83% of the file).
2020s was Halani's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Halani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (83% of all-time use).
Halani decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Halani by state
Where Halani concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 6 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 3.3% |
6 of 152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 3.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- South Carolina records the most Halanis (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Halani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Halani 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.
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