Girls' name · since 1987
Halla
Halla has 293 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
293 girls have been named Halla since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halla has been recorded 293 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1987 to 2012.
- #16,102 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 293 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halla ranks #16,102 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 293 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Halla's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Halla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halla splits its recorded history at 2000: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2012
- Peak year (1997)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Halla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (135 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Halla's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Halla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 135 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Halla's data
- Halla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Halla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1987–2012 (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 Halla 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.