Halden — #8375 US boys' name
233 babies named Halden in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Halden was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Halden in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Halden
The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Halden between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Halden currently holds the #8375 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Halden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Halden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Halden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 233 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Halden at a glance
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Current rank
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Halden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2016)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #8375 among boys.
233 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 16 births in a single year.
Halden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 61 births that decade — 26% of Halden's all-time total
Halden decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Halden's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.