girls:
1.7k births since 1887
#4054 (29th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1919
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1887
#6033 (22nd percentile)
The name Hala is the #6,033 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,717 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 22.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,054 (29.1% percentile) for all time with 1,710 births since 1887. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1919.
Hala first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Hala is available in 60 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hala has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Hala reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 6.9% percentile (ranked #875) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Hala ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 60.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hala reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #533) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hala".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hala. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Hala is pronounced as HAH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HUH-luh, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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