girls:
2.1k births since 1970
#3755 (34th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1970
#5695 (26th percentile)
The name Halima is the #5,695 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,087 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 26.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,755 (34.3% percentile) for all time with 2,087 births since 1970.
Halima first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970).
For girls, Halima reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #840) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Halima is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #854 (9.8% percentile) with 56 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Halima".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Halima. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Halima is pronounced as huh-LEE-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hah-LEE-muh, at 14.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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