Halo
- #612 for girls in 2025, 477 births
- #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
- Given to girls 81.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 600 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,509since 2000
Halo over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #612 | 477 | #929 | 253 |
| 2024 | #513 | 600 | #988 | 227 |
| 2023 | #565 | 526 | #1,458 | 124 |
| 2022 | #768 | 372 | #2,168 | 67 |
| 2021 | #739 | 386 | #2,732 | 46 |
| 2020 | #937 | 274 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #960 | 274 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2018 | #1,116 | 219 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #1,465 | 153 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #1,320 | 181 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #1,609 | 133 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #1,617 | 133 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #1,900 | 105 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #1,575 | 138 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #1,679 | 125 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #1,481 | 152 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #1,810 | 119 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
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| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
2000
The first year at least five girls were named Halo! It came in at #11,801, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Halo 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.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #283 | 17 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Louisiana | #295 | 15 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Ohio | #296 | 37 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Arkansas | #301 | 10 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Georgia | #305 | 34 | 1 in 1,330 |
| South Carolina | #373 | 13 | 1 in 1,407 |
| Wisconsin | #391 | 13 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Missouri | #516 | 11 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Florida | #542 | 33 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Michigan | #553 | 14 | 1 in 2,552 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Texas | #674 | 45 | 1 in 3,568 |
| North Carolina | #684 | 14 | 1 in 3,320 |
| California | #716 | 43 | 1 in 3,761 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| New York | #859 | 18 | 1 in 4,352 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
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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.
See more about Halo
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 99 spots since 2024 (#513 → #612)
- 325 spots since 2020 (#937 → #612)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2000
- Peaked 2024 at #513 (600 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,700
- Highest: 1 in 2,700 girls born in 2024 were named Halo (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,370 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 58.4% of all girls named Halo (2,635) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 261 | #1,810 (2009) | #7,781 |
| 2010s | 1,613 | #960 (2019) | #1,472 |
| 2020s | 2,635 | #513 (2024) | #689 |
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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