Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hala

#4,757 most common girls' name of all time · #8,076 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among girls
#4,757
Rank overall
#8,076 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,820
Since 2016
499
Peak year
2011 #2,557
Best rank
#1,280 1887
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hala first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 57 — 57 #2,935
2024 46 — 46 #3,402
2023 38 — 38 #3,920
2022 44 — 44 #3,538
2021 39 — 39 #3,809
2020 49 — 49 #3,180
2019 48 — 48 #3,280
2018 53 — 53 #3,055
2017 63 — 63 #2,717
2016 62 — 62 #2,763
2015 48 — 48 #3,349
2014 60 — 60 #2,848
2013 57 — 57 #2,940
2012 66 — 66 #2,683
2011 70 — 70 #2,557
2010 64 — 64 #2,754
2009 69 — 69 #2,644
2008 51 — 51 #3,272
2007 49 — 49 #3,378
2006 56 — 56 #3,020
2005 38 — 38 #3,820
2004 35 — 35 #3,998
2003 39 — 39 #3,597
2002 31 — 31 #4,088
2001 44 — 44 #3,150
2000 40 — 40 #3,340
1999 33 — 33 #3,646
1998 34 — 34 #3,503
1997 29 — 29 #3,824
1996 24 — 24 #4,327
1995 19 — 19 #5,035
1994 30 — 30 #3,624
1993 18 — 18 #5,225
1992 17 — 17 #5,505
1991 23 — 23 #4,347
1990 20 — 20 #4,707
1989 17 — 17 #5,074
1988 15 — 15 #5,349
1987 12 — 12 #5,950
1986 16 — 16 #4,747
1985 17 — 17 #4,480
1984 12 — 12 #5,570
1983 14 — 14 #4,908
1982 12 — 12 #5,573
1981 10 — 10 #6,358
1980 12 — 12 #5,573
1979 15 — 15 #4,642
1978 8 — 8 #7,001
1977 6 — 6 #8,520
1976 8 — 8 #6,665
1974 10 — 10 #5,400
1973 12 — 12 #4,607
1971 5 — 5 #8,408
1970 7 — 7 #6,426
1969 6 — 6 #6,691
1963 5 — 5 #6,675
1960 10 — 10 #4,238
1951 5 — 5 #5,496
1924 5 — 5 #5,153
1923 6 — 6 #4,457
1919 — 7 7 —
1887 5 — 5 #1,280