Girls' name · since 2001
Hallelujah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Hallelujah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hallelujah is the #7342 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 190 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hallelujah has been recorded 190 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #7342 nationally and more common than 58% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #20,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,342 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hallelujah ranks #20,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,342 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 190 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hallelujah's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hallelujah compares
190 36th 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
Hallelujah's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hallelujah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hallelujah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hallelujah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hallelujah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Hallelujah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (92 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Hallelujah's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Hallelujah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 92 births (48% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hallelujah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Hallelujah 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.