Hall

#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
877
since 1881

Hall over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hall has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #781, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024#10,9386
2023#8,2559
2022#9,8237
2021#8,1669
2020#12,0225
2019—
2018—
2017#9,6967
2016#12,1855
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#12,5535
2007#9,7887
2006—
2005—
2004#11,3565
2003—
2002—
2001#9,2436
2000—
1999#8,7046
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994#8,8005
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987#6,9515
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981#6,2625
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972#4,9865
1971—
1970#4,7245
1969—
1968#4,1365
1967#2,9858
1966—
1965#3,5376
1964—
1963#3,0448
1962#3,6406
1961#4,0655
1960—
1959#2,29513
1958#3,9445
1957#3,2577
1956#2,16814
1955—
1954#3,1767
1953#2,9058
1952—
1951#1,83817
1950#3,3296
1949#2,22512
1948#2,21812
1947#2,49810
1946#2,9197
1945#2,00912
1944#2,19511
1943#2,40510
1942#2,14512
1941#2,6568
1940#1,68017
1939#1,53219
1938#3,5345
1937#1,99213
1936#1,58718
1935#2,7198
1934#2,12112
1933#1,99713
1932#1,92215
1931#2,6519
1930#2,29312
1929#1,79318
1928#2,38712
1927#1,60323
1926#2,56611
1925#1,87018
1924#1,35530
1923#1,75320
1922#2,14315
1921#1,64822
1920#2,05216
1919#1,44925
1918#1,21133
1917#1,23830
1916#1,59420
1915#1,18130
1914#1,54516
1913#1,25617
1912#1,52711
1911—
1910#1,3147
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905#1,0916
1904—
1903—
1902#9337
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898#1,1215
1897—
1896#8268
1895#9786
1894—
1893#9076
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881#7816
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Hall! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hall is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hall
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
  • 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 152 spots in 1896 (#978 → #826)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1895–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
  • Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Hall (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #781 in 1881, was only 1 in 16,789 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 21.6% of all boys named Hall (189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#781 (1881)#781
1890s25#826 (1896)#958
1900s13#933 (1902)#1,012
1910s189#1,181 (1915)#1,368
1920s185#1,355 (1924)#1,917
1930s124#1,532 (1939)#2,235
1940s111#1,680 (1940)#2,295
1950s77#1,838 (1951)#2,864
1960s38#2,985 (1967)#3,568
1970s10#4,724 (1970)#4,855
1980s10#6,262 (1981)#6,607
1990s11#8,704 (1999)#8,752
2000s23#9,243 (2001)#10,735
2010s12#9,696 (2017)#10,941
2020s43#8,166 (2021)#9,820

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.

Hall in 1881

boys
#781
6 births · 1 in 16,789 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #781Hall6
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Hall, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hall
  1. #706Williams7
  2. #706Worth7
  3. #706York7
  4. #781Hall6
  5. #781Acie6
  6. #781Alden6
  7. #781Alfonso6
  8. #866Adrien5
  9. #866Albin5
  10. #866Alf5

Tied with 84 names at #781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 491Noble#809 → #318
  2. ↑ 449Ivy#909 → #460
  3. ↑ 449Buck#909 → #460
  4. ↑ 376Chin#909 → #533
  5. ↑ 376Ransom#909 → #533
Fallers
  1. ↓ 431Neil#350 → #781
  2. ↓ 378Alvah#403 → #781
  3. ↓ 361Webster#505 → #866
  4. ↓ 356Melville#425 → #781
  5. ↓ 316Hector#465 → #781

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

See the top 100 for 1881 →