Hal is an established variant of Haley that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Hal is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,151 for boy births in the United States (and #6,764 across all names), given to 38 babies. Hal first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1956 (598 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,151 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,481 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | — | #3,023 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,968 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,680 |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,365 |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,687 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,643 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,620 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,885 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,777 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,438 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,479 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,920 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,769 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,783 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,960 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,537 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,747 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,887 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,564 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,756 |
| 2003 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,473 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,840 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,353 |
| 2000 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,571 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,860 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,535 |
| 1997 | 26 | — | — | #2,927 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | — | #3,150 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | — | #3,358 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | — | #3,156 |
| 1993 | 36 | — | — | #2,178 |
| 1992 | 32 | — | — | #2,327 |
| 1991 | 38 | — | — | #1,994 |
| 1990 | 31 | — | — | #2,275 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1988 | 55 | — | — | #1,411 |
| 1987 | 33 | — | — | #1,912 |
| 1986 | 65 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1985 | 59 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | — | #1,512 |
| 1983 | 52 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1982 | 53 | — | — | #1,282 |
| 1981 | 56 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1980 | 74 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1979 | 73 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1978 | 64 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1977 | 59 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1976 | 68 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1975 | 79 | — | — | #924 |
| 1974 | 85 | — | — | #873 |
| 1973 | 97 | — | — | #802 |
| 1972 | 115 | — | — | #737 |
| 1971 | 124 | — | — | #740 |
| 1970 | 125 | — | — | #734 |
| 1969 | 105 | — | — | #763 |
| 1968 | 125 | — | — | #671 |
| 1967 | 151 | — | — | #612 |
| 1966 | 169 | — | — | #583 |
| 1965 | 199 | — | — | #544 |
| 1964 | 199 | — | — | #558 |
| 1963 | 278 | — | — | #478 |
| 1962 | 228 | — | — | #528 |
| 1961 | 342 | — | — | #429 |
| 1960 | 403 | — | — | #394 |
| 1959 | 418 | — | — | #387 |
| 1958 | 455 | — | — | #360 |
| 1957 | 526 | — | — | #333 |
| 1956 | 598 | — | — | #305 |
| 1955 | 455 | — | — | #342 |
| 1954 | 416 | — | — | #351 |
| 1953 | 405 | — | — | #344 |
| 1952 | 392 | — | — | #347 |
| 1951 | 387 | — | — | #347 |
| 1950 | 371 | — | — | #348 |
| 1949 | 405 | — | — | #334 |
| 1948 | 358 | — | — | #354 |
| 1947 | 361 | — | — | #358 |
| 1946 | 264 | — | — | #396 |
| 1945 | 211 | — | — | #414 |
| 1944 | 213 | — | — | #413 |
| 1943 | 208 | — | — | #433 |
| 1942 | 204 | — | — | #432 |
| 1941 | 194 | — | — | #419 |
| 1940 | 196 | — | — | #414 |
| 1939 | 202 | — | — | #401 |
| 1938 | 162 | — | — | #456 |
| 1937 | 191 | — | — | #411 |
| 1936 | 148 | — | — | #464 |
| 1935 | 201 | — | — | #383 |
| 1934 | 205 | — | — | #383 |
| 1933 | 188 | — | — | #396 |
| 1932 | 194 | — | — | #404 |
| 1931 | 166 | — | — | #440 |
| 1930 | 153 | — | — | #481 |
| 1929 | 194 | — | — | #423 |
| 1928 | 193 | — | — | #429 |
| 1927 | 190 | — | — | #444 |
| 1926 | 190 | — | #4,526 | #449 |
| 1925 | 191 | — | — | #431 |
| 1924 | 188 | — | #4,705 | #453 |
| 1923 | 159 | — | — | #482 |
| 1922 | 171 | — | — | #470 |
| 1921 | 177 | — | — | #463 |
| 1920 | 193 | — | — | #435 |
| 1919 | 161 | — | — | #470 |
| 1918 | 172 | — | — | #453 |
| 1917 | 125 | — | — | #516 |
| 1916 | 133 | — | — | #495 |
| 1915 | 152 | — | — | #442 |
| 1914 | 115 | — | — | #448 |
| 1913 | 81 | — | — | #484 |
| 1912 | 60 | — | — | #507 |
| 1911 | 43 | — | — | #448 |
| 1910 | 31 | — | — | #504 |
| 1909 | 24 | — | — | #536 |
| 1908 | 19 | — | — | #600 |
| 1907 | 30 | — | — | #420 |
| 1906 | 23 | — | — | #467 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | — | #512 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | — | #472 |
| 1903 | 23 | — | — | #419 |
| 1902 | 25 | — | — | #406 |
| 1901 | 19 | — | — | #440 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | — | #459 |
| 1899 | 20 | — | — | #419 |
| 1898 | 28 | — | — | #368 |
| 1897 | 20 | — | — | #427 |
| 1896 | 19 | — | — | #472 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | — | #446 |
| 1894 | 23 | — | — | #391 |
| 1893 | 26 | — | — | #353 |
| 1892 | 17 | — | — | #487 |
| 1891 | 17 | — | — | #434 |
| 1890 | 21 | — | — | #397 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | — | #564 |
| 1888 | 20 | — | — | #422 |
| 1887 | 23 | — | — | #344 |
| 1886 | 18 | — | — | #420 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | — | #490 |
| 1884 | 25 | — | — | #354 |
| 1883 | 20 | — | — | #387 |
| 1882 | 26 | — | — | #347 |
| 1881 | 12 | — | — | #516 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #773 |