Halo

Boy · recorded 2008–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.9 to 1)

  • #929in 2025
  • 1 in 6,751boys in 2025
  • +1674%last ten years
  • 2.9×in Georgia

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 1674% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2008

07414820082012201720212025

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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 18 recorded years as a table
Halo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
200812
20099
201012
20116
20128
201311
201411
20158
201613
201714
201815
201917
202017
202126
202238
202372
2024132
2025148

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Georgia 2.9×
  2. North Carolina 1.8×
  3. New York 1.2×
  4. Florida 1.2×
  5. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
253
Rank in 2025
#929
How rare
1 in 6,751 boys
Since 2008
1,003

Most popular in 2025, at 148 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 1674% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia2.9×51
North Carolina1.8×33
New York1.2×36
Florida1.2×40
Texas1.0×62

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