Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Halen was most popular in 2021, when 113 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,272 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,792, with 90 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,115 people named Halen.
Halen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 44 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,115 American births named Halen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,090 are estimated to be alive today.
90 American babies were named Halen in 2025, ranking #3,792 that year.
Halen is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 97 births a year, against 72 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Halen is a unisex name — 40.7% of the 2,115 Americans given it were girls and 59.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 47% girls and 53% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,090 Americans named Halen are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 6 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org