girls:
773 births since 1987
#4943 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1982
#3444 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1982
#5833 (25th percentile)
The name Halen is the #5,833 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,933 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 24.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,444 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,160 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #4,943 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 773 births since 1987.
Halen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Halen is available in 39 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 35 years for girls). 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 Halen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Halen were boys.
For boys, Halen reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #871) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Halen ranks #866 for boys (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 79.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Halen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #902) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 29 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Halen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #902 (4.8% percentile) with 29 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Halen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Halen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.1% confident that Halen is pronounced as HAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAY-lehn, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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