Hala Girl
How popular is Hala?
#2,933 girl name in 2025
57 baby girls were named Hala in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name.
Hala popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,933 for girls (▲ 462 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 57 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #3,179 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (70 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,147 in 1887 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hala counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hala family of names ranked #2,039 for girls in 2025 (#2,243 the year before), with 65 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hala | 57 | 88% |
| Halah | 8 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hala is most popular
Babies named Hala per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Hala by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,375 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1960s | 21 | #4,183 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,585 |
| 1980s | 137 | #4,453 |
| 1990s | 247 | #3,494 |
| 2000s | 452 | #2,642 |
| 2010s | 591 | #2,554 |
| 2020s | 273 | #2,933 |
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Questions
- Is Hala a boy or girl name?
- Hala is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hala were girls.
- How popular is the name Hala?
- 57 baby girls were named Hala in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name.
- When was Hala most popular?
- Hala peaked in 2011, when 70 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,147 in 1887.
- How many people are named Hala?
- 1,820 babies have been named Hala in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,774 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Hala most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hala was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.