Halley
#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #2,429
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 333 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,112since 1910
Halley over time
Rank among girls' names. Halley has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #3,517 | 43 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,739 | 40 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,906 | 59 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,354 | 82 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,418 | 78 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,081 | 94 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,714 | 113 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,395 | 142 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,548 | 122 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,311 | 146 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,134 | 180 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,143 | 171 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,359 | 128 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,298 | 134 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,288 | 134 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,096 | 162 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,166 | 152 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,054 | 174 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,442 | 111 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,710 | 85 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,081 | 63 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,169 | 56 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 | — | |
| 1986 | #580 | 333 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #1,030 | 146 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #928 | 12 |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Halley! It came in at #1,421, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Halley is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#533 · 1 in 5,315
- Louisiana#548 · 1 in 3,760
- Missouri#567 · 1 in 5,364
- Michigan#831 · 1 in 9,544
- Texas#1,014 · 1 in 10,258
Best ever in a state: #271 in Oregon, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #533 | 13 | 1 in 5,315 |
| Louisiana | #548 | 8 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Missouri | #567 | 6 | 1 in 5,364 |
| Michigan | #831 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| Texas | #1,014 | 13 | 1 in 10,258 |
| New York | #1,058 | 10 | 1 in 10,689 |
| Florida | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,876 |
| California | #1,434 | 12 | 1 in 16,855 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Halley
- 795 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #3,517)
- 488 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #3,517)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #3,517)
- Biggest jump: 450 spots in 1986 (#1,030 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 1,153 spots in 1987 (#580 → #1,733)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1986 at #580 (333 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1986
- Highest: 1 in 5,152 girls born in 1986 were named Halley (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.0% of all girls named Halley (1,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,848 |
| 1920s | 7 | #4,028 (1925) | #4,028 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,691 (1943) | #4,691 |
| 1950s | 7 | #4,918 (1957) | #4,918 |
| 1960s | 46 | #3,610 (1968) | #5,545 |
| 1970s | 126 | #3,486 (1977) | #4,930 |
| 1980s | 757 | #580 (1986) | #3,042 |
| 1990s | 1,314 | #1,054 (1993) | #1,364 |
| 2000s | 1,110 | #1,134 (2000) | #1,884 |
| 2010s | 450 | #2,906 (2010) | #3,532 |
| 2020s | 274 | #2,722 (2024) | #3,470 |
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.
Halley in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 11,786 of them was named Halley, which outranked 91.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,023Kevin147
- #1,023Margo147
- #1,023Shalonda147
- #1,030Halley146
- #1,030Alysia146
- #1,030Bernice146
- #1,030Colby146
- #1,037Liana145
- #1,037Natashia145
- #1,037Sommer145
Tied with 6 names at #1,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 184,821 of them was named Halley, which outranked 46.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,805Zan11
- #3,805Zedrick11
- #3,805Zoltan11
- #4,052Halley10
- #4,052Adin10
- #4,052Adriano10
- #4,052Adron10
- #4,333Aakash9
- #4,333Aaryn9
- #4,333Abelino9
Tied with 280 names at #4,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.