Halsten

#7,344 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Hallsteinn

Halsten has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #7,344 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Halsten, 2025

1 in 301,000

Halsten over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Halsten went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20112025

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.

Halsten: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Hallsteinn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Halsten means

Halsten is a form of Hallsteinn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hallsteinn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 44 boys were recorded with the name Halsten between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,344 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,170 in 2015 to #7,344 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Halsten between 2022 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2022; its best national rank was #16,187 in 2022.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Halsten?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,344; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Halsten sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Halsten. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Halstens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Halsten was born before 2023 — so the typical Halsten is around 2 today.

Median birth year: 2023; About 2 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 56.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 44; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 56.8% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Halsten 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: +1,223; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,826; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.83×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (11)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,344; 2025

Spellings of Halsten

Halsten is not the most common spelling — Austen is, with 38.7% against Halsten's 0.21%.

Austen38.7%8,125
Karsten15.5%3,252
Alston12.3%2,578
Carsten11.3%2,367
Halen6.0%1,255
Ralston4.4%931
Halston4.3%911
Hansen4.2%887

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.

Halsten by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,344
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,344; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 11 that year
First recorded: 2011
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 44
Count in 2025: 11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #16,187; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 5 that year
First recorded: 2022
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Halsten

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

Haysten Halid Hallard Holsten Colsten Hallett Huxten Halton Kolsten Cashten Hallet Rusten Staten Dexten Masten Klayten Brixten Halford Haleem Hallis Halden Dristen Winsten Haloa

Sibling names for Halsten

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Kale Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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