Feminine dossier · first seen 1910

Halley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Halley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1986

Peak rank proxy

333

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1910Peak 19862024

Peak year

1986

Decline from peak

81.1%

2024

All-time

4,069

Halley has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1986, when 333 girls were named Halley.

In 2024, only 63 girls were given the name.

Down 81.1% from its peak.

All told, about 4,069 Americans have been named Halley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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