Halen
#3,100 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Halen has been given to 2,115 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #3,100 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 64 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.
Babies named Halen, 2025
1 in 85,000
Halen over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Halen over time
In 2025, Halen went to 57% girls and 43% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Halen?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 85,000
- 39 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 43,800
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,100
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 58,922 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Halen sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Halen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Halens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Halen was born before 2011 — so the typical Halen is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 32.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 82.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,255
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 32.0% of all recorded uses (401).
Is Halen rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −646
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +194
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −223
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.95×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 60.9%
- Peak was 2021 (64)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.4% average annual change
Spellings of Halen
Halen is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 13.2% against Halen's 0.05%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Halen is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Halen was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 255,003 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Missouri1 in —
- 5Tennessee1 in —
- 6Washington1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Halen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Halen is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Halen was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 343,115 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Indiana1 in —
- 4Ohio1 in —
- 5Utah1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Halen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Halen around the world
Where Halen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2005–2023#4,108in 2023
- Canada1997–2024#2,134in 2024
- South Australia1997–2012#771in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Halen by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Halen
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Halen
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.