The name was later changed to Sekolah Menengah Datin Halimah in commemoration of the wife of former Menteri Besar, Johor Dato Onn Jaafar, father of the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Hussein Onn,.
In memory of the wife of the late Menteri Besar of Johor, Dato Onn Jaafar, who was the father of Malaysia's third Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn, the school name was changed to Sekolah Menengah Datin Halimah.