Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Hal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.5% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

598

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

All-time

16,746

Hal once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 598 boys were named Hal.

In 2024, only 33 boys were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 16,746 Americans have been named Hal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.5% from peak

1956598 boys named Hal

202433 boys named Hal

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