Halsey — #3475 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Halsey

The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Halsey between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Halsey currently holds the #3475 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 51 babies received it in a single year. Halsey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 413 additional births since 1880.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Halsey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Halsey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Halsey in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Halsey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 508 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.