Unisex name · since 2000
Halo
Halo has 4,509 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,509
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Halo is the #613 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 4,509 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Halo recorded 4,509 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #613 nationally today, ahead of 96% 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 2000 to 2025.
- #2,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #613 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,509 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halo ranks #2,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #613 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,509 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,509
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Halo's 4,509 recorded births place it above 96.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Halo compares
4,509 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Halo's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halo | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,509 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 600 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Halo's full recorded timeline at 2013, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 600 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Halo popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 600
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Halo popularity over time - boys
1,003 total births recorded since 2008 (Halo as boys' name)
Halo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,635 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Halo's strongest decade.
2,635 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Halo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 261
2000s
261 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,613 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,635 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,635 births (58% of all-time use).
How Halo 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 Halo's total volume
Halo by state
Where Halo concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 461 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 358 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 298 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 274 | 6.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 195 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 194 | 4.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 186 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 169 | 3.7% |
461 of 4,509 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Halo appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Halo's data
- California records the most Halos (461 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Halo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Halo 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.