Hale
Hale is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 930th, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191730 births
- Best rank
- #930in 1896
- Since 1892
- 1,269people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,269 boys have been named Hale in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 30 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hale | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 129 | |
| 1920s | 214 | |
| 1930s | 124 | |
| 1940s | 104 | |
| 1950s | 81 | |
| 1960s | 68 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 62 | |
| 1990s | 68 | |
| 2000s | 145 | |
| 2010s | 163 | |
| 2020s | 71 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Hale was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Hale
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Colvinpeak 2007
- Berlpeak 1922
- Aldonpeak 1929
- Cosimopeak 1927
- Elsonpeak 1924
- Ivenpeak 2006
- Oneilpeak 1924
- Donatopeak 1926
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.