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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hal has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
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.
Where Hal is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#185 · 1 in 791
- Mississippi#247 · 1 in 1,621
- North Carolina#297 · 1 in 2,514
- Tennessee#307 · 1 in 2,671
- Oklahoma#332 · 1 in 2,592
Best ever in a state: #57 in Utah, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #185 | 5 | 1 in 791 |
| Mississippi | #247 | 10 | 1 in 1,621 |
| North Carolina | #297 | 10 | 1 in 2,514 |
| Tennessee | #307 | 7 | 1 in 2,671 |
| Oklahoma | #332 | 6 | 1 in 2,592 |
| California | #356 | 5 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Illinois | #361 | 9 | 1 in 5,522 |
| Texas | #371 | 14 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Michigan | #397 | 5 | 1 in 5,515 |
| Georgia | #413 | 6 | 1 in 4,353 |
| New York | #582 | 5 | 1 in 16,055 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| 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 1916
boys
#494
133 births · 1 in 6,692 boys
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 6,692 of them was named Hal, which outranked 89.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).