Girls' name · since 1975
Halimah
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 562 babies named Halimah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 562
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halimah currently ranks #5452 among girls' names in America, with 562 babies recorded since 1975.
Halimah has 562 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5452 as of the latest data, more common than 68% 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 1975 to 2025.
- #11,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,452 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 562 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halimah ranks #11,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,452 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 562 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 562
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halimah's 562 recorded births place it above 84.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Halimah compares
562 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Halimah's all-time total is 49% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halimah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 562 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halimah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halimah splits its recorded history at 2002: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halimah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Halimah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (139 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Halimah's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Halimah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
139 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 139 births (25% of all-time use).
How Halimah 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 Halimah's total volume
Halimah by state
Where Halimah concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 6 | 1.1% |
11 of 562 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Halimah's data
- Halimah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (139 total births) through the 2020s (106) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Halimahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Halimah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Halimah 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.