Hale is a rare variant of Hal that peaked in 1917 and has grown less common since.
Hale is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,584 for boy births in the United States (and #13,819 across all names), given to 13 babies. Hale first appears in 1892 and peaked in 1917 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,584 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,987 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,665 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,705 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,626 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,084 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,386 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,845 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,621 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,843 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,446 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,334 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,035 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,330 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,721 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,360 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,997 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,898 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #16,187 | #5,748 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,156 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,801 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,923 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,676 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,852 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,971 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,132 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,203 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #10,452 | #6,496 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | — | #5,800 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,169 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,272 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,243 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #9,237 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #6,801 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,366 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | — | #6,721 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,373 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,227 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,176 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,654 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,359 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,684 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,663 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,194 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #3,972 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,643 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,003 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,161 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,359 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,875 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,938 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,783 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #2,949 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,901 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | — | #2,695 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | — | #2,486 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | — | #2,651 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | — | #3,009 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | — | #2,301 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | — | #3,513 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | — | #2,873 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | — | #2,391 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | — | #1,977 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,750 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | — | #2,331 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,468 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | — | #2,372 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | — | #2,024 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | — | #2,084 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | — | #2,987 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | — | #3,656 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | — | #1,912 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,123 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | — | #2,385 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,318 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,800 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | — | #2,173 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,535 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | — | #2,006 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | — | #1,666 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | — | #1,865 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | — | #1,783 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | — | #1,562 |
| 1921 | 18 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | — | #1,440 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | — | #2,011 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | — | #1,473 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | — | #1,886 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | — | #1,626 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | — | #2,172 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,166 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,690 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #930 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,143 |