Hall — #10908 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hall

The Social Security Administration has registered 870 babies named Hall between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hall currently holds the #10908 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hall performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hall shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Hall in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hall 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 870 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.