Girls' name · since 2003
Hallel
129 babies named Hallel in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,740 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
129 babies have been named Hallel since 2003, making it today's #6740 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Hallel recorded 129 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #6740 nationally today, ahead of 61% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #24,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,740 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 129 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hallel ranks #24,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,740 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 129 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,740 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hallel's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Hallel compares
129 29th 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
Hallel's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hallel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 129 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hallel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hallel splits its recorded history at 2018: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hallel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Hallel popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2025 (Hallel as boys' name)
Hallel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (60 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Hallel's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Hallel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 60 births (47% of all-time use).
Hallel by state
Where Hallel concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 129 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hallel's data
- California records the most Hallels (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Hallel: 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 (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Hallel 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.