Hal — #3447 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hal

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,746 babies named Hal between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hal currently holds the #3447 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 598 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,202 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Hal in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,746 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.