Boys' name · since 1916
Haldor
18 babies named Haldor in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Haldor since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haldor has been recorded 18 times among boys since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1925.
- #29,687 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haldor ranks #29,687 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Haldor's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Haldor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Haldor splits its recorded history at 1924: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Haldor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1925
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Haldor by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1920s was Haldor's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Haldor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Haldor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1916–1925 (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 Haldor 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.