Girls' name · since 1987
Halei
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 375 babies named Halei, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 375
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halei sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 375 recorded since 1987.
Halei has 375 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2017.
- #14,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 375 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halei ranks #14,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 375 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 375
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halei's 375 recorded births place it above 80.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Halei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Halei's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Halei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Halei by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (200 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Halei's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Halei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s 62
2010s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 200 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Halei's data
- Halei's decade-level peak was the 2000s (200 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Halei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1987–2017 (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 Halei 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.