Girls' name · since 1950
Hali
Hali has 4,639 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,639
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hali is the #5127 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,639 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hali has been recorded 4,639 times among girls since 1950, currently ranked #5127 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #2,697 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,127 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,639 born since 1950
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hali ranks #2,697 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,127 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,639 born since 1950, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,697 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,639
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hali's 4,639 recorded births place it above 96.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Hali compares
4,639 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Hali's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,639 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 325 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hali's full recorded timeline at 1990, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 325 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hali popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 325
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Hali popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2000 (Hali as boys' name)
Hali by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,277 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Hali's strongest decade.
2,277 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Hali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 41
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 93
1960s
93 births
- 1970s 125
1970s
125 births
- 1980s 676
1980s
676 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,277 births
- 2000s
2000s
966 births
- 2010s 311
2010s
311 births
- 2020s 150
2020s
150 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,277 births (49% of all-time use).
How Hali compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Hali's total volume
Hali by state
Where Hali concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 319 | 6.9% |
| #2 | California | | 265 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 180 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 170 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 165 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 153 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 147 | 3.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 129 | 2.8% |
319 of 4,639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Hali appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hali's data
- Hali's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,277 total births); usage has since declined to 150 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Halis (319 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Hali: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Hali 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.