Halene — girls' name
38 babies named Halene in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Halene was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Halene in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Halene
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Halene between 1915 and 2004, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Halene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Halene performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Halene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Halene 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 38 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.
Halene at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Halene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1915
- Peak year (1916)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
38 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 9 births in a single year.
Halene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 16 births that decade — 42% of Halene's all-time total
Halene decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Halene's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–2004 (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.