Halsey
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Halsey was most popular in 2021, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,500 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 956 people named Halsey.
Halsey over time
How old is the name Halsey?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Halsey is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 82 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Halsey?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 956 American births named Halsey between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 640 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Halsey in 2025?
35 American babies were named Halsey in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Is Halsey getting more or less popular?
Halsey is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 7 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +545% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Halsey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Halsey is a unisex name — 56.8% of the 956 Americans given it were girls and 43.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Halsey?
Roughly 640 Americans named Halsey are alive today — 67% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 4 and 34. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org