How Many People Are Named Hala?
people named Hala are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 192,989 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,820 babies named Hala in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hala in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hala alive today is about 19 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hala first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 2011, to 70 babies. In 2025, 57 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,208, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #2,941.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,941 |
| Best rank | #1,208 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,875 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hala were born in California than in any other state: about 90 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hala was given 4.7 times as often in Michigan, 3.5 times in Illinois and 2.1 times in New York.
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