Hally — #9040 US girls' name
702 babies named Hally in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Hally was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Hally in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hally
The Social Security Administration has registered 702 babies named Hally between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hally currently holds the #9040 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hally performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Hally shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hally in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hally 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 702 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.
Hally at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Hally popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (2000)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #9040 among girls.
702 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 29 births in a single year.
Hally popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1916 (Hally as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Hally accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hally by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 218 births that decade — 31% of Hally's all-time total
Hally decade highlights
- Peak decade 218 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hally's strongest decade
218 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Hally by state
Where Hally concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 702 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.