NameTides

Halo

Halo was the #612 girls' name in the US in 2025 (477 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Halo as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Halo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Halo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#612 (477)#1,512 (20)#780 (3)—#1,373 (18)
2024#513 (600)#1,262 (26)—#898 (3)#1,153 (22)
2023#565 (526)#962 (36)——#2,027 (10)
2022#768 (372)#2,058 (13)#760 (3)—#1,482 (15)
2021#739 (386)#2,499 (10)——#1,522 (15)
2020#937 (274)#1,939 (14)——#1,877 (11)
2019#960 (274)#2,458 (10)——#1,798 (12)
2018#1,116 (219)#1,977 (14)——#1,862 (11)
2017#1,465 (153)#3,583 (6)——#2,041 (10)
2016#1,320 (181)#4,096 (5)——#2,383 (8)
2015#1,609 (133)#4,103 (5)——#2,011 (10)
2014#1,617 (133)#4,003 (5)——#1,786 (12)
2013#1,900 (105)#3,160 (7)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,575 (138)#4,171 (5)——#2,601 (7)
2011#1,679 (125)#5,785 (3)——#2,009 (10)

Halo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Halo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Halo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#929 (253)#2,133 (11)#2,269 (8)
2024#988 (227)#2,672 (8)#2,439 (7)
2023#1,458 (124)#4,992 (3)—
2022#2,168 (67)#4,002 (4)—
2021#2,732 (46)#4,789 (3)—
2020#3,653 (29)——
2019#3,636 (30)#3,937 (4)—
2018#3,891 (27)——
2017#4,105 (25)——
2016#4,098 (25)——
2015#5,507 (16)——
2014#4,392 (22)——
2013#4,621 (20)——
2012#5,720 (15)——
2011#6,578 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #513.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.
  • In 2025, 65% of US babies named Halo were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Halo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Halo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #296OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #674TXFlorida: #542FL
Halo (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Halo (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HaloCanadaGirls#1,37318
HaloCanadaBoys#2,2698
HaloEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
HaloEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
HaloIrelandGirls—too few
HaloNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HaloNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HaloScotlandGirls#7803
HaloUSGirls#612477
HaloUSBoys#929253