# Halo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/halo/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,512 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,003 / 4,509 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 221, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 125 | 1,686 |
| 2012 | 138 | 1,578 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,911 |
| 2014 | 133 | 1,617 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,612 |
| 2016 | 181 | 1,322 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,469 |
| 2018 | 219 | 1,118 |
| 2019 | 274 | 962 |
| 2020 | 274 | 938 |
| 2021 | 386 | 739 |
| 2022 | 372 | 768 |
| 2023 | 526 | 565 |
| 2024 | 600 | 513 |
| 2025 | 477 | 613 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,739 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,803 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,687 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,439 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,591 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,135 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,153 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,926 |
| 2019 | 30 | 3,664 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,678 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,747 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,176 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 227 | 988 |
| 2025 | 253 | 931 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 36 | 962 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## 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.