How rare is the name Halima?

4,420 people in the United States have the first name Halima, about 1 in 68,333. It ranks #4,296 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HALIMA

#4,296

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,420
About
1 in 68,333
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,420 people named Halima, 57.3% reported their origin as Black, 20.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Halima peaked in 2024, when 121 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
121
In 2025*
102 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,310 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Halima by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,505. The largest share of babies named Halima, 48.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#5,608186
1980s#7,949142
1990s#7,803211
2000s#5,510479
2010s#4,579677
2020s#3,505615
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9611%
Generation Z 1997–1231.3%
2013 and later48.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Halima

1 other first name also has 4,420 people.

#4,296 Odette · 4,420

Either side of Halima

#4,294 Kairi · 4,422#4,295 Hayleigh · 4,421#4,296 Odette · 4,420#4,298 Lida · 4,419

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Halima, most common first.

#3,969 Halina · 4,907#13,879 Halimo · 860#18,116 Halimah · 598#19,075 Halim · 560#45,829 Halema · 147

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