Halima

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Halima: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Halima: Recorded since 1954, it reached #303 in 2000, and it stood at #436 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
85times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#303highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#388
1997	#325
1998	#347
1999	#317
2000	#303
2001	#346
2002	#329
2003	#307
2004	#348
2005	#316
2006	#368
2007	#367
2008	#373
2009	#379
2010	#347
2011	#355
2012	#328
2013	#355
2014	#388
2015	#395
2016	#377
2017	#413
2018	#484
2019	#448
2020	#344
2021	#346
2022	#405
2023	#366
2024	#341

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 48 of the 72 years from 1954 to 2025.

In 2025: #436 among girls in Norway, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #424 among girls in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #303 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #436 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Halima appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 312 births with the name.

Halima across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Halima's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#424 (1954)	#355 (1974)	#436 (2025)	48 of 72	312 (1954–2025)	11 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#388 (1996)	#303 (2000)	#341 (2024)	29 of 29	3,346 (1996–2024)	149 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#559 (2003)	#544 (2020)	#608 (2025)	7 of 23	28 (2003–2025)	6 (2020)

Halima by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Halima in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	30	5 of 10	6
1970s	43	7 of 10	6
1980s	57	9 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	47	6 of 10	8
2000s	40	6 of 10	7
2010s	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Halima appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #303 in England and Wales in 2000.

Halima's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#341	127	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#366	114	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#405	104	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#346	135	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#344	130	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#448	94	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#484	89	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#413	106	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#377	122	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#395	116	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#388	114	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#355	128	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#328	149	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#355	134	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#347	132	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#379	111	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#373	119	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#367	117	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#368	113	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#316	129	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#348	111	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#307	130	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#329	109	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#346	99	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#303	120	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#317	107	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#347	97	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#325	105	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#388	85	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#436	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#422	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#358	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#392	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#446	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#473	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#428	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#488	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#475	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#520	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#574	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#378	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#509	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#454	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#492	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#411	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#558	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#443	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#357	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#528	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#474	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#434	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#618	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#655	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#480	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#550	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#425	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#530	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#452	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#628	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#445	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#506	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#431	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#465	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#368	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#402	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#424	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #303, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 149 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 70 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Halina · #1666, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Asha · #286, 52y
Desiree · #331, 53y
Mike · #263, 51y
Cristian · #257, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Lidia · #304, 58y
Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Goran · #300, 40y
Ireneusz · #298, 26y

Halima was ranked #303 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Halima and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Halima without appearing here.

Halima moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #303 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #346 and #871.
Ida Compare
In 2024 they stood at #727 and #625 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #885.
Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #307 and #299 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #348 and #581.
Sissel Compare
In 2001 they stood at #443 and #317 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #411 and #639.

Moved ahead of Halima

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #868 and #24.
Maisie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #868 and #75.
Summer Compare
In 2015 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #868 and #195.
Sophie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #480 and #637 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #649 and #242.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #303 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Halima

Halima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Halima across 3 official records

Halima by decade in Norway · Girls

Halima appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Halima

Halima and the names beside it

Halima moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Halima

Halima at a glance

Halima across 3 official records

Halima by decade in Norway · Girls

Halima appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Halima

Halima and the names beside it

Halima moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Halima