How Many People Are Named Halah?
An estimated 142 people in the United States have the first name Halah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Halah peaked in popularity in 1996 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Halah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Halah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
142
About 1 in 2,413,763 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
1996
9 births
Total Registered
145
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Halah
Halah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 145 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Halah as a female name
Ranked #10,532 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (9 births)
Halah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Halah span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 60 babies were registered. Halah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Halah by Decade
How has Halah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Halah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Halah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Halah
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Halah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Halah?
We estimate approximately 142 people named Halah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,413,763 Americans share this first name.
Is Halah a common name?
Halah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 145 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Halah most popular?
Halah reached peak popularity in 1996, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Halah is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Halah a female name?
Halah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Halah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Halah Smith, Halah Johnson, Halah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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