Halston
Halston is given to both girls and boys: 89 girls and 59 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,109 among girls’ names and #2,337 among boys’, #2,725 among all names counting both); 1,626 Americans have been recorded with it since 1981 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,600 Americans named Halston and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 6 years old and half are between 3 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Halston by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Halston?
#2,337 among boys’ names, 2025
Halston rose from #6,095 in 2015 to #2,337 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.3 to 34.5 per million.
189 babies in 2022, the peak
Halston peaked in 2022, when 189 babies were given it (79 boys, #1,956 among boys’ names). The 148 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 78% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,109 | 59 | #2,337 |
| 2024 | 90 | #2,126 | 56 | #2,455 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,025 | 60 | #2,328 |
| 2022 | 110 | #1,850 | 79 | #1,956 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,059 | 60 | #2,308 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,242 | 36 | #3,156 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,099 | 27 | #3,933 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,393 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,545 | 23 | #4,366 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,021 | 23 | #4,375 |
Every recorded year (43)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #15,177 | 14 | #6,095 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,643 | 17 | #5,331 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,511 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,705 | 11 | #7,210 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,571 | 10 | #7,686 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 11 | #7,240 | |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,210 | 8 | #9,283 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 7 | #10,249 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 14 | #6,019 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 11 | #7,100 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,401 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #10,022 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 11 | #6,231 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,689 | |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,242 | 12 | #5,429 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,006 | 19 | #3,748 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 5 | #9,794 | |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,365 | 24 | #3,050 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,295 | 18 | #3,599 |
| 1994 | under 5 | 18 | #3,645 | |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,982 | 18 | #3,549 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,990 | 22 | #3,037 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,030 | 24 | #2,767 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,562 | 25 | #2,643 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,020 | 17 | #3,364 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 23 | #2,542 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 19 | #2,757 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 17 | #2,929 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 17 | #2,874 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 15 | #3,010 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 11 | #3,715 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 9 | #4,358 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,644 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Halston a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,626 Americans recorded as Halston, 44% are girls and 56% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Halston: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Halston, and how old are they?
1,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 1,626 Americans ever recorded as Halston. The median Halston alive today is 6 years old; half are between 3 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 718 people named Halston (226 women and girls, 492 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 756 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 321 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 178 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Halston born?
The states with the most babies named Halston are Texas, California and Florida, with 60% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Halston with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Halston
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Halston and names like it
- Compare Halston and KayceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Halston since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Halston.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Halston alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.