Hal is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6726 for boy births in the United States, given to 38 babies. Hal first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1956 (598 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #6,726 |
| 2024 | 33 | #7,454 |
| 2023 | 41 | #6,473 |
| 2022 | 15 | #12,431 |
| 2021 | 30 | #7,820 |
| 2020 | 33 | #7,247 |
| 2019 | 21 | #9,972 |
| 2018 | 30 | #7,847 |
| 2017 | 16 | #12,042 |
| 2016 | 15 | #12,740 |
| 2015 | 20 | #10,481 |
| 2014 | 22 | #9,811 |
| 2013 | 16 | #12,246 |
| 2012 | 19 | #11,005 |
| 2011 | 15 | #12,907 |
| 2010 | 10 | #17,135 |
| 2009 | 12 | #15,457 |
| 2008 | 9 | #18,863 |
| 2007 | 15 | #13,222 |
| 2006 | 14 | #13,476 |
| 2005 | 8 | #18,942 |
| 2004 | 9 | #17,089 |
| 2003 | 26 | #7,983 |
| 2002 | 22 | #8,750 |
| 2001 | 18 | #9,993 |
| 2000 | 23 | #8,219 |
| 1999 | 14 | #11,152 |
| 1998 | 21 | #8,170 |
| 1997 | 26 | #6,809 |
| 1996 | 23 | #7,280 |
| 1995 | 20 | #7,856 |
| 1994 | 22 | #7,364 |
| 1993 | 36 | #5,165 |
| 1992 | 32 | #5,544 |
| 1991 | 38 | #4,825 |
| 1990 | 31 | #5,484 |
| 1989 | 43 | #4,216 |
| 1988 | 55 | #3,364 |
| 1987 | 33 | #4,577 |
| 1986 | 65 | #2,839 |
| 1985 | 59 | #3,008 |
| 1984 | 41 | #3,693 |
| 1983 | 52 | #3,113 |
| 1982 | 53 | #3,106 |
| 1981 | 56 | #3,002 |
| 1980 | 74 | #2,524 |
| 1979 | 73 | #2,514 |
| 1978 | 64 | #2,641 |
| 1977 | 59 | #2,752 |
| 1976 | 68 | #2,434 |
| 1975 | 79 | #2,199 |
| 1974 | 85 | #2,065 |
| 1973 | 97 | #1,891 |
| 1972 | 115 | #1,714 |
| 1971 | 124 | #1,695 |
| 1970 | 125 | #1,682 |
| 1969 | 105 | #1,783 |
| 1968 | 125 | #1,551 |
| 1967 | 151 | #1,390 |
| 1966 | 169 | #1,305 |
| 1965 | 199 | #1,214 |
| 1964 | 199 | #1,267 |
| 1963 | 278 | #1,055 |
| 1962 | 228 | #1,185 |
| 1961 | 342 | #943 |
| 1960 | 403 | #865 |
| 1959 | 418 | #841 |
| 1958 | 455 | #795 |
| 1957 | 526 | #723 |
| 1956 | 598 | #657 |
| 1955 | 455 | #754 |
| 1954 | 416 | #774 |
| 1953 | 405 | #776 |
| 1952 | 392 | #775 |
| 1951 | 387 | #773 |
| 1950 | 371 | #760 |
| 1949 | 405 | #732 |
| 1948 | 358 | #773 |
| 1947 | 361 | #783 |
| 1946 | 264 | #862 |
| 1945 | 211 | #901 |
| 1944 | 213 | #891 |
| 1943 | 208 | #931 |
| 1942 | 204 | #926 |
| 1941 | 194 | #898 |
| 1940 | 196 | #880 |
| 1939 | 202 | #854 |
| 1938 | 162 | #969 |
| 1937 | 191 | #865 |
| 1936 | 148 | #976 |
| 1935 | 201 | #819 |
| 1934 | 205 | #819 |
| 1933 | 188 | #849 |
| 1932 | 194 | #855 |
| 1931 | 166 | #918 |
| 1930 | 153 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | 194 | #884 |
| 1928 | 193 | #907 |
| 1927 | 190 | #928 |
| 1926 | 190 | #926 |
| 1925 | 191 | #924 |
| 1924 | 188 | #956 |
| 1923 | 159 | #1,044 |
| 1922 | 171 | #1,000 |
| 1921 | 177 | #993 |
| 1920 | 193 | #922 |
| 1919 | 161 | #998 |
| 1918 | 172 | #983 |
| 1917 | 125 | #1,115 |
| 1916 | 133 | #1,069 |
| 1915 | 152 | #942 |
| 1914 | 115 | #965 |
| 1913 | 81 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 60 | #1,148 |
| 1911 | 43 | #1,106 |
| 1910 | 31 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 24 | #1,347 |
| 1908 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 1907 | 30 | #1,111 |
| 1906 | 23 | #1,215 |
| 1905 | 20 | #1,323 |
| 1904 | 21 | #1,239 |
| 1903 | 23 | #1,118 |
| 1902 | 25 | #1,078 |
| 1901 | 19 | #1,178 |
| 1900 | 25 | #1,179 |
| 1899 | 20 | #1,120 |
| 1898 | 28 | #975 |
| 1897 | 20 | #1,119 |
| 1896 | 19 | #1,202 |
| 1895 | 20 | #1,150 |
| 1894 | 23 | #1,012 |
| 1893 | 26 | #898 |
| 1892 | 17 | #1,188 |
| 1891 | 17 | #1,086 |
| 1890 | 21 | #971 |
| 1889 | 12 | #1,320 |
| 1888 | 20 | #977 |
| 1887 | 23 | #810 |
| 1886 | 18 | #951 |
| 1885 | 15 | #1,046 |
| 1884 | 25 | #754 |
| 1883 | 20 | #823 |
| 1882 | 26 | #697 |
| 1881 | 12 | #1,013 |
| 1880 | 7 | #1,453 |