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
0%100%Median name50%80.6%
Halani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Halani's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
47
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
01020304050 2015201720182019202020212022202320242025 47

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (83% of all-time use).

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

Halani by state

Where Halani concentrates geographically, total births since 2015

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Halani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 South Carolina
6 3.9%
#2 Georgia
5 3.3%
#3 Texas
5 3.3%
South Carolina share of Halani's total US births 3.9%
Even split

6 of 152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Halani?
Since 2015, Social Security records show 152 babies named Halani. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #22,633 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #3,339 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 47 births.
Where does Halani sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Halani most popular?
Halani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 126 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Halani most popular?
The top states for the name Halani are South Carolina (6 births), Georgia (5 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Halani been used?
The SSA has tracked Halani since 2015 -- 11 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Halani?
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 Halani's data

  • 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

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.

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.