Hala
- #2,933 for girls in 2025, 57 births
- Last seen for boys in 1919 at #3,391
- Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,813since 1887
Hala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Hala has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,933 | 57 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,179 | 49 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,713 | 63 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,761 | 62 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,346 | 48 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,679 | 66 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,643 | 69 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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First appearance
1887
The first year at least five girls were named Hala! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hala is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Michigan#965 · 1 in 5,104
- New York#1,654 · 1 in 11,190
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
- California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345
Best ever in a state: #743 in Massachusetts, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 462 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #2,933)
- 246 spots since 2020 (#3,179 → #2,933)
- 413 spots since 2015 (#3,346 → #2,933)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1887 at #1,147 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,130
- Highest: 1 in 25,130 girls born in 2011 were named Hala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,198 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,147 in 1887, was only 1 in 29,196 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 32.6% of all girls named Hala (591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 0 | — | — |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,376 (1923) | #4,719 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,414 |
| 1960s | 21 | #4,184 (1960) | #5,798 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,586 (1973) | #6,408 |
| 1980s | 137 | #4,455 (1985) | #5,330 |
| 1990s | 247 | #3,497 (1998) | #4,360 |
| 2000s | 452 | #2,643 (2009) | #3,424 |
| 2010s | 591 | #2,555 (2011) | #2,891 |
| 2020s | 273 | #2,933 (2025) | #3,459 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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