Hala

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hala: Recorded since 1981, it reached #275 in 2008, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#275highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2466
2002	#2540
2003	#2727
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#1983
2007	#1573
2008	#1516
2009	#1837
2010	#1429
2011	#1807
2012	#2521
2013	#1864
2014	#2314
2015	#1497
2016	#1571
2017	#1512
2018	#1586
2019	#1497
2020	#1618
2021	#1402
2022	#1621
2023	#1469
2024	#1097

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 21 of the 37 years from 1981 to 2017.

In 2017: #452 among girls in Norway, #1512 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #575 among girls in Norway in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1981–2017
Highest recorded position: #275 among girls in Norway, in 2008 (recorded 1981–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Hala appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 395 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1981.

Hala 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.

Hala'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	#575 (1981)	#275 (2008)	#452 (2017)	21 of 37	156 (1981–2017)	19 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#1097 (2024)	#1097 (2024)	28 of 28	395 (1997–2024)	31 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#894 (2013)	#885 (2025)	#885 (2025)	2 of 13	6 (2013–2025)	3 (2013)

Hala by decade in England and Wales · 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 Hala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	97	10 of 10	10
2010s	173	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	110	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hala 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 3 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 2008.

Hala'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	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#452	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#556	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#384	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#379	11	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#382	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#413	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#275	19	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#426	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#451	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#418	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#533	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#526	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#531	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#609	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#605	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1981 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #275, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 32 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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Haldis · #100, 35y
Haldor · #248, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Salman · #275, 37y
Aqsa · #276, 30y
Martyn · #277, 31y
Adrianna · #278, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Jena · #271, 30y
Emelie · #270, 44y
Lori · #269, 33y
Nicky · #269, 29y

Hala was ranked #275 in Norway · Girls in 2008. 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.

Hala 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 Hala without appearing here.

Hala moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1573 and #5201.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #4688.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Hala

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1807 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #1893.
Sophie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #575 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #605 and #242.
Maia Compare
In 1995 they stood at #551 and #659 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #526 and #240.
Zara Compare
In 2013 they stood at #384 and #558 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #556 and #275.

Moved the opposite way to Hala

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Hala

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hala went from #3174 to #1097 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hala

Hala at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hala across 3 official records

Hala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hala appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Hala at a glance

Hala across 3 official records

Hala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hala appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Hala

Hala and the names beside it

Hala moved ahead of

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