Girls' name · since 1968
Halena
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 341 babies named Halena, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
341 babies have been named Halena since 1968, making it today's #13492 girls' name.
Halena has 341 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13492 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, 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 1968 to 2025.
- #14,852 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,492 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 341 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halena ranks #14,852 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,492 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 341 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halena's 341 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Halena compares
341 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Halena's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 341 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halena splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Halena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (144 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Halena's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Halena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 44
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 144 births (42% of all-time use).
Halena by state
Where Halena concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 5.3% |
18 of 341 births nationwide.
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What to do with Halena's data
- Halena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Halenas (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Halena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Halena 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.