Halley

Boy · recorded 1910–1986

  • 1986last recorded
  • 1910best year

Most popular in 1910.

Last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

0316219101929194819671986

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Halley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191062
191122
191214
19148
19175
19186
19226
19247
19315
19346
19395
19415
19473
19483
19513
19855
198612

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Halley isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986
22
Rank in 1986
#2,429
How rare
1 in 83,705 boys
Since 1910
126

Halley was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1910, at 62 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Halley doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.