Girls' name · since 1948
Halle
16,651 babies named Halle in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,651
- born since 1948
- 2000s
- peak decade
16,651 babies have been named Halle since 1948, making it today's #596 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Halle recorded 16,651 times among girls since 1948, holding rank #596 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #1,193 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #596 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,651 born since 1948
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Halle ranks #1,193 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #596 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,651 born since 1948, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,651
- born since 1948
- 2000s
- peak decade
Halle's 16,651 recorded births place it above 98.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Halle compares
16,651 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Halle's all-time total is 44x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Halle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,651 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 971 | 21 | 19,840 |
Halle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Halle splits its recorded history at 1991: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 971 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Halle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 971
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Halle popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2004 (Halle as boys' name)
Halle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7,116 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Halle's strongest decade.
7,116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Halle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 101
1960s
101 births
- 1970s 150
1970s
150 births
- 1980s 203
1980s
203 births
- 1990s 2,789
1990s
2,789 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,116 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,702 births
- 2020s 2,566
2020s
2,566 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7,116 births (43% of all-time use).
How Halle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Halle's total volume
Halle by state
Where Halle concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,238 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,198 | 7.2% |
| #3 | California | | 996 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Utah | | 740 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 567 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 559 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 555 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 541 | 3.2% |
1,238 of 16,651 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Halle appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Halle's data
- Halle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (7,116 total births) through the 2020s (2,566) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Halles (1,238 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Halle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Halle 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.