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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#456 · 1 in 2,938
- Minnesota#547 · 1 in 4,144
- Georgia#630 · 1 in 4,612
- Colorado#675 · 1 in 4,195
- Indiana#677 · 1 in 5,482
Best ever in a state: #271 in Oregon, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #456 | 7 | 1 in 2,938 |
| Minnesota | #547 | 6 | 1 in 4,144 |
| Georgia | #630 | 9 | 1 in 4,612 |
| Colorado | #675 | 5 | 1 in 4,195 |
| Indiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Ohio | #837 | 8 | 1 in 7,765 |
| Michigan | #1,067 | 5 | 1 in 10,410 |
| Texas | #1,207 | 13 | 1 in 10,735 |
| Florida | #1,488 | 5 | 1 in 14,546 |
| California | #2,094 | 9 | 1 in 25,532 |
| 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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 13,082 of them was named Halley, which outranked 91.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,279Nyasia135
- #1,279Rena135
- #1,279Santana135
- #1,288Halley134
- #1,288Dayana134
- #1,288Felisha134
- #1,288Jacquelin134
- #1,296Abigale133
- #1,296America133
- #1,296Caylee133
Tied with 7 names at #1,288; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.