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

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Peak · boys
#305
1956 · 598 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,784
since 1880

Hal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hal has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #305, 1956boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,12838
2024—#3,45533
2023—#3,00541
2022—#5,87415
2021—#3,65130
2020—#3,34433
2019—#4,63921
2018—#3,60730
2017—#5,52616
2016—#5,78915
2015—#4,71120
2014—#4,39222
2013—#5,40416
2012—#4,86219
2011—#5,67515
2010—#7,59110
2009—#6,80212
2008—#8,3249
2007—#5,66115
2006—#5,78114
2005—#8,2998
2004—#7,5369
2003—#3,44326
2002—#3,79422
2001—#4,30218
2000—#3,53623
1999—#4,76214
1998—#3,48621
1997—#2,90326
1996—#3,10723
1995—#3,30320
1994—#3,10922
1993—#2,16236
1992—#2,30332
1991—#1,98338
1990—#2,25531
1989—#1,76643
1988—#1,40455
1987—#1,89633
1986—#1,17465
1985—#1,24259
1984—#1,50741
1983—#1,27552
1982—#1,27853
1981—#1,22556
1980—#1,04774
1979—#1,03473
1978—#1,08764
1977—#1,12759
1976—#1,00568
1975—#92279
1974—#86785
1973—#80197
1972—#737115
1971—#740124
1970—#734125
1969—#762105
1968—#669125
1967—#612151
1966—#582169
1965—#543199
1964—#558199
1963—#478278
1962—#528228
1961—#429342
1960—#394403
1959—#387418
1958—#360455
1957—#333526
1956—#305598
1955—#342455
1954—#351416
1953—#344405
1952—#347392
1951—#347387
1950—#348371
1949—#334405
1948—#354358
1947—#358361
1946—#396264
1945—#413211
1944—#413213
1943—#432208
1942—#430204
1941—#418194
1940—#414196
1939—#401202
1938—#454162
1937—#410191
1936—#464148
1935—#383201
1934—#382205
1933—#394188
1932—#404194
1931—#439166
1930—#480153
1929—#422194
1928—#428193
1927—#443190
1926#4,3066#449184
1925—#430191
1924#4,4346#452182
1923—#482159
1922—#470171
1921—#462177
1920—#434193
1919—#469161
1918—#452172
1917—#514125
1916—#494133
1915—#441152
1914—#447115
1913—#48381
1912—#50760
1911—#44643
1910—#50131
1909—#53024
1908—#58519
1907—#41730
1906—#46523
1905—#50720
1904—#46621
1903—#41123
1902—#40425
1901—#43319
1900—#45525
1899—#41520
1898—#36428
1897—#42220
1896—#46219
1895—#43720
1894—#38723
1893—#34926
1892—#48017
1891—#42717
1890—#38921
1889—#54912
1888—#41620
1887—#34023
1886—#41718
1885—#48015
1884—#35225
1883—#38120
1882—#34726
1881—#50312
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1956 at #305 (598 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,537
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.4% of all boys named Hal (4,423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s178#340 (1887)#453
1890s211#349 (1893)#413
1900s229#404 (1902)#467
1910s1,073#441 (1915)#475
1920s1,834#422 (1929)#447
1930s1,810#382 (1934)#421
1940s2,614#334 (1949)#396
1950s4,423#305 (1956)#346
1960s2,199#394 (1960)#556
1970s889#734 (1970)#905
1980s531#1,047 (1980)#1,381
1990s263#1,983 (1991)#2,937
2000s156#3,443 (2003)#5,748
2010s184#3,607 (2018)#5,220
2020s190#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 1954

boys
#351
416 births · 1 in 4,901 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #351Hal416
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 4,901 of them was named Hal, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hal
  1. #348Marty422
  2. #349Rafael420
  3. #350Arturo417
  4. #351Hal416
  5. #351Sean416
  6. #353Alfonso412
  7. #354Alfredo409
  8. #354Sheldon409

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →