Hal

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Hal first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 598 babies (rank #305 that year). In 2024 it was given to 33 boys (rank #3,471). The name has been rising over the last five years.
16,758
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
598
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18807#773
188112#516
188226#347
188320#387
188425#354
188515#490
188618#420
188723#344
188820#422
188912#564
189021#397
189117#434
189217#487
189326#353
189423#391
189520#446
189619#472
189720#427
189828#368
189920#419
190025#459
190119#440
190225#406
190323#419
190421#472
190520#512
190623#467
190730#420
190819#600
190924#536
191031#504
191143#448
191260#507
191381#484
1914115#448
1915152#442
1916133#495
1917125#516
1918172#453
1919161#470
1920193#435
1921177#463
1922171#470
1923159#482
1924182#453
1925191#431
1926184#449
1927190#444
1928193#429
1929194#423
1930153#481
1931166#440
1932194#404
1933188#396
1934205#383
1935201#383
1936148#464
1937191#411
1938162#456
1939202#401
1940196#414
1941194#419
1942204#432
1943208#433
1944213#413
1945211#414
1946264#396
1947361#358
1948358#354
1949406#334
1950370#349
1951387#347
1952392#347
1953405#344
1954416#351
1955455#342
1956598#305
1957526#333
1958455#360
1959418#387
1960403#394
1961342#429
1962228#528
1963278#478
1964199#559
1965199#544
1966169#583
1967151#612
1968125#671
1969105#764
1970125#734
1971124#740
1972115#737
197397#802
197485#873
197579#924
197668#1,007
197759#1,130
197864#1,092
197973#1,036
198074#1,051
198156#1,229
198253#1,281
198352#1,281
198441#1,512
198559#1,247
198665#1,176
198733#1,912
198855#1,411
198943#1,774
199031#2,275
199138#1,993
199232#2,327
199336#2,178
199422#3,155
199520#3,358
199623#3,150
199726#2,927
199821#3,535
199914#4,860
200023#3,571
200118#4,353
200222#3,840
200326#3,473
20049#7,754
20058#8,564
200614#5,887
200715#5,747
20089#8,537
200912#6,958
201010#7,783
201115#5,767
201219#4,919
201316#5,478
201422#4,437
201520#4,776
201615#5,882
201716#5,620
201830#3,642
201921#4,686
202033#3,361
202130#3,678
202215#5,961
202341#3,018
202433#3,471