Unisex name · since 1981
Halston
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 911 babies named Halston, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
911 babies have been named Halston since 1981, making it today's #2346 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Halston recorded 911 times among boys since 1981, holding rank #2346 nationally today, ahead of 83% of boys, 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 1981 to 2025.
- #5,454 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,346 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 911 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halston ranks #5,454 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,346 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 911 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Halston's 911 recorded births place it above 87.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Halston compares
911 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Halston's all-time total is 147% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 911 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 79 | 34 | 22,252 |
Halston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Halston's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 79, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Halston popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Halston popularity over time - girls
715 total births recorded since 1989 (Halston as girls' name)
Halston by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (350 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Halston's strongest decade.
350 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Halston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 133
1980s
133 births
- 1990s
1990s
185 births
- 2000s 77
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s
2020s
350 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 350 births (38% of all-time use).
How Halston compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Halston's total volume
Halston by state
Where Halston concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 90 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 0.5% |
90 of 911 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Halston's data
- Texas records the most Halstons (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Halston 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.