Hal Boy
How popular is Hal?
#3,127 boy name in 2025
38 baby boys were named Hal in the US in 2025, making it the 3127th most popular boy name.
Hal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,127 for boys (▲ 326 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+90% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,709 in 2015, #3,342 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (598 boys) |
| Highest rank | #305 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hal family of names ranked #1,942 for boys in 2025 (#2,101 the year before), with 58 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hal | 38 | 66% |
| Hale | 13 | 22% |
| Hall | 7 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hal is most popular
Babies named Hal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Hal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 178 | #340 |
| 1890s | 211 | #349 |
| 1900s | 229 | #404 |
| 1910s | 1,073 | #441 |
| 1920s | 1,834 | #422 |
| 1930s | 1,810 | #382 |
| 1940s | 2,614 | #334 |
| 1950s | 4,423 | #305 |
| 1960s | 2,199 | #394 |
| 1970s | 889 | #734 |
| 1980s | 531 | #1,047 |
| 1990s | 263 | #1,977 |
| 2000s | 156 | #3,438 |
| 2010s | 184 | #3,603 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,004 |
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Questions
- Is Hal a boy or girl name?
- Hal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hal were boys.
- How popular is the name Hal?
- 38 baby boys were named Hal in the US in 2025, making it the 3127th most popular boy name.
- When was Hal most popular?
- Hal peaked in 1956, when 598 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #305 in 1956.
- How many people are named Hal?
- 16,796 babies have been named Hal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,575 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 68.
- Where is Hal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hal was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.