Halsten
Halsten Stenkilsson was King of Sweden from c. 1067 to 1070. The son of King Stenkil and a Swedish princess, he became king some time after his father's death (1066), and he may have ruled together with his brother Inge the Elder. The date of his death is not known.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Halsten
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Halsten Stenkilsson was King of Sweden from c. 1067 to 1070. The son of King Stenkil and a Swedish princess, he became king some time after his father's death (1066), and he may have ruled together with his brother Inge the Elder. The date of his death is not known.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Halsten
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Halsten as a girl name dates back to 2022, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Halsten — #15,292 in the national rankings. Halsten last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Halsten first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2011, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 9 births, good for #8,287 nationwide. About 58% of every Halsten on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Halsten last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Halsten
Halsten is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2011 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Halsten's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #8,287. Use the chart and map above to compare Halsten's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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