Hale
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,282since 1892
Hale over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hale has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,633 | 16 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Hale! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hale is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hale in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hale
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 386 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,446)
- 466 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1896 at #900 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,081
- Highest: 1 in 17,081 boys born in 1896 were named Hale (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.7% of all boys named Hale (214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #900 (1896) | #983 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 129 | #1,238 (1917) | #1,855 |
| 1920s | 214 | #1,416 (1920) | #1,674 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,361 (1931) | #2,280 |
| 1940s | 104 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,428 |
| 1950s | 81 | #2,251 (1952) | #2,782 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,048 |
| 1970s | 28 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,268 |
| 1980s | 62 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,546 |
| 1990s | 68 | #5,124 (1995) | #6,411 |
| 2000s | 145 | #4,616 (2003) | #5,514 |
| 2010s | 163 | #4,337 (2019) | #5,871 |
| 2020s | 84 | #5,562 (2021) | #6,162 |
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.
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