# Halina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/halina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Belarusian |
| Meaning | “calm” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,056 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,056 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 131, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian Галі́на (Halína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

## What it means

Halina is grouped under peace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,014 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,583 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,105 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,687 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,032 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,686 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,916 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,215 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,266 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,702 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,291 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,771 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,451 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,944 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,293 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Halina

- Halina Reijn, Dutch actress and writer (born 1975)
- Halina Pawlowská, Czech writer, screenwriter, presenter, humorist, journalist and actress (born 1955)
- Galina Lukashenko, First Lady of the Republic of Belarus

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.