Halo

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 174 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
174
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#613
down from #512
UK popularity
#1512
20 babies

How Halo has moved

US popularity rank, 2019–2025. Lower is more popular.
#433#738#1043201920222025#613

View as table
YearUS rank
2019#964
2020#936
2021#740
2022#769
2023#567
2024#512
2025#613

Halo by the numbers

In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Halo. In the US, 174 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 179 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Halo

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Halo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Halehealthy and strong; dwelling in a hall16 in the US (2017)
  • Haogood, excellent, grand12 in the US (2017)
  • Harlo16 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Halo

Names that are said the same way as Halo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Halo

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