Hallie

Where Hallie comes from

The dictionaries list Hallie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Harriet — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #214 among girls — 51 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1962
    Hallie Todd born
    American actress
  3. 1992
    Hallie Eisenberg born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #120
    2,260 babies named Hallie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #120 after sinking to #1,640 in 1961.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
Namesakes
  • Hallie Eisenberg · American actress, born 1992
  • Hallie Todd · American actress, born 1962
  • Hallie Quinn Brown · American writer and activist, 1849–1949
  • Hallie Flanagan · American theatrical producer, 1890–1969
  • Hallie Foote · American actress, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.