Halia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hah-LEE-a
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Halia is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “fond remembrance”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Halia mean?
Hawaiian: from hāliʻa; also a figure in Greek myth
“fond remembrance”
In Hawaiian hāliʻa means a fond memory of a loved one; in Greek myth Halia is a sea nymph of Rhodes.
Is Halia a girl's or a boy's name?
Halia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Halia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Halia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Halia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Halia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Halia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Halia, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Halia than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Halia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Halia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,819 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
Names like Halia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Aaliyah, Zainab, Amira, Ayah, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Khadija, Safiya, Huda
Names related to Halia
Hallie, Hala, Hali, Helia, Haala, Halli, Hayla, Halie, Hayli
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Halia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halia, updated 20 October 2026.