Hal
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 598 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,784since 1880
Hal over time
Rank among boys' names. Hal has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,128 | 38 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,455 | 33 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,005 | 41 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,392 | 22 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,443 | 26 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,983 | 38 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,766 | 43 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,404 | 55 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,174 | 65 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,242 | 59 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,507 | 41 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,278 | 53 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,225 | 56 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,047 | 74 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,034 | 73 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,087 | 64 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,127 | 59 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,005 | 68 | |
| 1975 | — | #922 | 79 | |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #801 | 97 | |
| 1972 | — | #737 | 115 | |
| 1971 | — | #740 | 124 | |
| 1970 | — | #734 | 125 | |
| 1969 | — | #762 | 105 | |
| 1968 | — | #669 | 125 | |
| 1967 | — | #612 | 151 | |
| 1966 | — | #582 | 169 | |
| 1965 | — | #543 | 199 | |
| 1964 | — | #558 | 199 | |
| 1963 | — | #478 | 278 | |
| 1962 | — | #528 | 228 | |
| 1961 | — | #429 | 342 | |
| 1960 | — | #394 | 403 | |
| 1959 | — | #387 | 418 | |
| 1958 | — | #360 | 455 | |
| 1957 | — | #333 | 526 | |
| 1956 | — | #305 | 598 | |
| 1955 | — | #342 | 455 | |
| 1954 | — | #351 | 416 | |
| 1953 | — | #344 | 405 | |
| 1952 | — | #347 | 392 | |
| 1951 | — | #347 | 387 | |
| 1950 | — | #348 | 371 | |
| 1949 | — | #334 | 405 | |
| 1948 | — | #354 | 358 | |
| 1947 | — | #358 | 361 | |
| 1946 | — | #396 | 264 | |
| 1945 | — | #413 | 211 | |
| 1944 | — | #413 | 213 | |
| 1943 | — | #432 | 208 | |
| 1942 | — | #430 | 204 | |
| 1941 | — | #418 | 194 | |
| 1940 | — | #414 | 196 | |
| 1939 | — | #401 | 202 | |
| 1938 | — | #454 | 162 | |
| 1937 | — | #410 | 191 | |
| 1936 | — | #464 | 148 | |
| 1935 | — | #383 | 201 | |
| 1934 | — | #382 | 205 | |
| 1933 | — | #394 | 188 | |
| 1932 | — | #404 | 194 | |
| 1931 | — | #439 | 166 | |
| 1930 | — | #480 | 153 | |
| 1929 | — | #422 | 194 | |
| 1928 | — | #428 | 193 | |
| 1927 | — | #443 | 190 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #449 | 184 |
| 1925 | — | #430 | 191 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #452 | 182 |
| 1923 | — | #482 | 159 | |
| 1922 | — | #470 | 171 | |
| 1921 | — | #462 | 177 | |
| 1920 | — | #434 | 193 | |
| 1919 | — | #469 | 161 | |
| 1918 | — | #452 | 172 | |
| 1917 | — | #514 | 125 | |
| 1916 | — | #494 | 133 | |
| 1915 | — | #441 | 152 | |
| 1914 | — | #447 | 115 | |
| 1913 | — | #483 | 81 | |
| 1912 | — | #507 | 60 | |
| 1911 | — | #446 | 43 | |
| 1910 | — | #501 | 31 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #465 | 23 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #427 | 17 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #352 | 25 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #347 | 26 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hal was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hal
- 327 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #3,128)
- 216 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,128)
- 1,583 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,128)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1881 (#745 → #503)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1908 (#417 → #585)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1956 at #305 (598 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 3,537 boys born in 1956 were named Hal (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.4% of all boys named Hal (4,423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 178 | #340 (1887) | #453 |
| 1890s | 211 | #349 (1893) | #413 |
| 1900s | 229 | #404 (1902) | #467 |
| 1910s | 1,073 | #441 (1915) | #475 |
| 1920s | 1,834 | #422 (1929) | #447 |
| 1930s | 1,810 | #382 (1934) | #421 |
| 1940s | 2,614 | #334 (1949) | #396 |
| 1950s | 4,423 | #305 (1956) | #346 |
| 1960s | 2,199 | #394 (1960) | #556 |
| 1970s | 889 | #734 (1970) | #905 |
| 1980s | 531 | #1,047 (1980) | #1,381 |
| 1990s | 263 | #1,983 (1991) | #2,937 |
| 2000s | 156 | #3,443 (2003) | #5,748 |
| 2010s | 184 | #3,607 (2018) | #5,220 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,005 (2023) | #3,743 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hal in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 197,567 of them was named Hal, which outranked 23.4% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,873Zillah7
- #3,873Zoie7
- #3,873Zoila7
- #4,306Hal6
- #4,306Acie6
- #4,306Adamae6
- #4,306Ader6
- #4,851Addis5
- #4,851Adean5
- #4,851Adie5
Tied with 544 names at #4,306; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 6,035 of them was named Hal, which outranked 90.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.