Unisex name · since 2011
Halsten
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Halsten, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,562 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Halsten currently ranks #7562 among unisex names in America, with 44 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halsten has been recorded 44 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #7562 nationally and more common than 46% of boys, 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 2011 to 2025.
- #23,036 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,562 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 44 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halsten ranks #23,036 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,562 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 44 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,562 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Halsten's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Halsten compares
44 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Halsten's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halsten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Halsten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Halsten's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Halsten popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Halsten popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Halsten as girls' name)
Halsten by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Halsten's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Halsten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (57% of all-time use).
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Halsten 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.