girls:
3.4k births since 2000
#2959 (48th percentile)
boys:
520 births since 2008
#4066 (11th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 2000
#4379 (43rd percentile)
The name Halo is the #4,379 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,942 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 43.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,959 (48.2% percentile) for all time with 3,422 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,066 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 520 births since 2008.
Halo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Halo is available in 23 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (23 years for girls and 16 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 Halo has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 81.1% of babies named Halo were girls.
For girls, Halo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 48.1% percentile (ranked #492) with 297 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 297 births per million (ranked 48.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Halo is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #492 (48.1% percentile) with 297 births per million.
For boys, Halo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #795) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Halo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #795 (12.7% percentile) with 66 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Halo".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Halo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Halo is pronounced as HAY-loh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HA-loh, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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