Halen — #2487 US boys' name
1,215 babies named Halen in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Halen was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Halen in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Halen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,215 babies named Halen between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Halen currently holds the #2487 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 64 babies received it in a single year. Halen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 807 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Halen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Halen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Halen in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Halen 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 1,215 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.
Halen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Halen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2021)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #2487 among boys.
1,215 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 64 births in a single year.
Halen popularity over time — girls
807 total births recorded since 1987 (Halen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Halen accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Halen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 401 births that decade — 33% of Halen's all-time total
Halen decade highlights
- Peak decade 401 births
- Runner-up 373 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Halen's strongest decade
401 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Halen by state
Where Halen concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 93 | 7.7% |
| #2 | California | | 55 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Washington | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.4% |
93 of 1,215 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Washington 0.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.