Halen
- #3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births
- #3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births
- Given to boys 59.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,255since 1982
Halen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,130 | 51 | #3,089 | 39 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | #2,444 | 56 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | #2,753 | 47 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #3,171 | 36 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #3,518 | 31 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | #3,111 | 37 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | #3,038 | 37 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #2,668 | 44 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #2,594 | 47 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #2,590 | 47 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #2,320 | 56 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #2,881 | 39 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #4,760 | 11 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Halen! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Halen 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 · boys
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #746 in Missouri, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 · boys
Holding steady
- 645 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #3,089)
- 185 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #3,089)
- 225 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #3,089)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2021 at #2,193 (64 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,336
- Highest: 1 in 27,336 boys born in 2021 were named Halen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 32.0% of all boys named Halen (401) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34 | #5,459 (1987) | #6,397 |
| 1990s | 157 | #2,535 (1996) | #4,057 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,304 (2007) | #2,936 |
| 2010s | 401 | #2,579 (2010) | #2,948 |
| 2020s | 290 | #2,193 (2021) | #2,728 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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