Boys' name · since 1925
Hairl
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Hairl, peaking in 1935. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Hairl is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 41 have been recorded since 1925.
Hairl has 41 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1936.
- #23,518 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1925
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hairl ranks #23,518 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1925, peaking in the 1930s.
- #23,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Hairl's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hairl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hairl's full recorded timeline at 1932, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hairl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1936
- Peak year (1935)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Hairl by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (31 births, 76% of the file).
1930s was Hairl's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Hairl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 31 births (76% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hairl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1925–1936 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hairl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.