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.

Halston**

#3,557 most common boys' name of all time · #8,675 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1981–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,557
Rank overall
#8,675 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,626
Since 2016
1,038
Peak year
2022 #1,960
Best rank
#1,960 2022
Girls Boys peak 189/yr
20002020

Halston first appears in 1981. 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 89 59 148 #2,346
2024 90 56 146 #2,460
2023 97 60 157 #2,336
2022 110 79 189 #1,960
2021 93 60 153 #2,315
2020 48 36 84 #3,173
2019 35 27 62 #3,964
2018 11 14 25 #6,179
2017 11 23 34 #4,393
2016 17 23 40 #4,393
2015 6 14 20 #6,137
2014 13 17 30 #5,371
2013 5 16 21 #5,528
2012 10 11 21 #7,257
2011 8 10 18 #7,738
2010 11 11 #7,296
2009 7 8 15 #9,322
2008 7 7 #10,272
2007 14 14 #6,088
2006 11 11 #7,147
2004 8 8 #8,465
2003 6 6 #10,088
2002 11 11 #6,320
2000 12 12 #5,778
1999 5 12 17 #5,511
1998 6 19 25 #3,812
1997 5 5 #9,894
1996 6 24 30 #3,097
1995 10 18 28 #3,668
1994 18 18 #3,725
1993 7 18 25 #3,638
1992 9 22 31 #3,093
1991 6 24 30 #2,820
1990 8 25 33 #2,686
1989 8 17 25 #3,438
1988 23 23 #2,597
1987 19 19 #2,835
1986 17 17 #3,000
1985 17 17 #2,941
1984 15 15 #3,101
1983 11 11 #3,878
1982 9 9 #4,578
1981 5 5 #7,150