Girls' name · since 2004

Halaya

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Halaya, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#29,887 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,061 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
78
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Halaya is the #16061 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 78 recorded since 2004.

Social Security Administration records show Halaya recorded 78 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #16061 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #29,887 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,061 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 78 born since 2004
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halaya ranks #29,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,061 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 78 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.

#29,887 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,061 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
78
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%7.1%
Halaya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Halaya's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Halaya compares

78 21st 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

Halaya's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Halaya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 78 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Halaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Halaya splits its recorded history at 2014: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Halaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
9
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
45678910 200420062008200920122013201420172019202020242025 5

Halaya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Halaya's strongest decade.

33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Halaya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (42% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Halaya?
Halaya has been given to 78 babies in the U.S. since 2004, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,887 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #16,061 of 17,297. 9 babies were born in 2013, its single highest year.
Where does Halaya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halaya ranks #29,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,061 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 Halaya most popular?
Halaya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Halaya been used?
The SSA has tracked Halaya since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Halaya?
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 Halaya's data

  • Halaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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

Keep exploring Halaya

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Halaya: 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, 2004–2025 (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 Halaya 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.