Hal Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Hal: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 16,784 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

16,784

Peak year

1956 #305

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+36.5%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	15	#5769
2012	19	#4920
2013	16	#5479
2014	22	#4438
2015	20	#4777
2016	15	#5885
2017	16	#5620
2018	30	#3643
2019	21	#4687
2020	33	#3365
2021	30	#3680
2022	15	#5968
2023	41	#3023
2024	33	#3481
2025	38	#3151

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1956

Names from the same era

Joseph · 1956 Steven · 1956 Carl · 1956 Bruce · 1956 Randy · 1956 Daryl · 1956 Gerard · 1956 Robin · 1956 Stewart · 1956 Monte · 1956

Names similar to Hal

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