Boys' name · since 1920
Halden
Halden has 244 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,819 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,754 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 244
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
244 babies have been named Halden since 1920, making it today's #7754 boys' name.
Halden has 244 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7754 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #11,819 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,754 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 244 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halden ranks #11,819 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,754 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 244 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,819 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,754 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 244
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Halden's 244 recorded births place it above 73.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Halden compares
244 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Halden's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 244 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Halden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Halden's full recorded timeline at 2003, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Halden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Halden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Halden's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Halden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Halden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Halden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Halden 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.