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Halo

#613 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Luminous disc or ring

Halo has been given to 5,512 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #613 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 600 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named Halo, 2025

1 in 6,950

Halo over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Halo over time

In 2025, Halo went to 65% girls and 35% boys.

20002025

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.

Halo: meaning, origin, and history

Luminous disc or ring

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Halo means

Halo means “luminous disc or ring”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,509 girls were recorded with the name Halo between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 600 in 2024; its best national rank was #513 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #938 in 2020 to #613 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,612 in 2015 to #613 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,003 boys were recorded with the name Halo between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 253 in 2025; its best national rank was #931 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,675 in 2020 to #931 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,587 in 2015 to #931 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Halo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,950
477 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 3,370
0.03% of girls
Rank, 2025
#613
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,819 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Halo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,819 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Halo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Halos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Halo was born before 2021 — so the typical Halo is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
58.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,509
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 58.4% of all recorded uses (2,635).

Is Halo 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
−100
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+325
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+999
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.59×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.5%
Peak was 2024 (600)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#513
2024

Spellings of Halo

Halo is not the most common spelling — Haley is, with 38.8% against Halo's 1.1%.

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 Halo is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Halo was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 1,786 girls, against 1 in 4,211 across all states with data. It was least common in Colorado (1 in 25,000).

456 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 1,786
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 2,083
  3. 3Maryland1 in 2,174
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 2,222
  5. 5Alabama1 in 2,273
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 2,381
  7. 7Nevada1 in 2,381
  8. 8Ohio1 in 3,030

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.

Geographically, Halo is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 50% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Halo is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Halo was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 22,323 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,692
  2. 2New Mexico1 in 14,286
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 16,667
  4. 4Virginia1 in 16,667
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 20,000
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 20,000
  7. 7California1 in 25,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 25,000

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.

Halo around the world

Where Halo 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 & Wales
    2004–2025
    #1,512
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2022–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,191
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2011–2013
    #536
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Halo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#613
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 325
Best rank ever
#513
2024
Peak year
2024
600 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,509
Count in 2025
477

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#931
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,744
Best rank ever
#931
2025
Peak year
2025
253 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,003
Count in 2025
253

Names similar to Halo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

HaliHalaHalieHalleyHalliHalleHalimaHaliaHalenHaleeHallyHalleeHalinaHalynHaleighHalseyHaleaHallieHalonaHalenaHalstonHalahHaleyHalimah

Names with a curve like Halo

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Halo, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JovieKataleyaJourniIylaAilaIndieMarloweFreyjaJaylaniPersephoneBaylorTaytum

Sibling names for Halo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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