Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hale

#4,102 most common boys' name of all time · #10,041 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among boys
#4,102
Rank overall
#10,041 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
1,296
Since 2016
155
Peak year
1917 #1,257
Best rank
#974 1896
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hale first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,465
2024 — 12 12 #6,850
2023 — 13 13 #6,536
2022 — 16 16 #5,646
2021 — 16 16 #5,581
2020 — 14 14 #6,004
2019 — 23 23 #4,352
2018 — 12 12 #6,724
2017 — 16 16 #5,549
2016 — 20 20 #4,784
2015 — 22 22 #4,419
2014 — 17 17 #5,267
2013 — 7 7 #9,707
2012 — 17 17 #5,272
2011 — 20 20 #4,673
2010 — 9 9 #8,180
2009 — 19 19 #4,938
2008 — 12 12 #6,787
2007 6 15 21 #5,676
2006 — 17 17 #5,089
2005 — 11 11 #6,661
2004 — 13 13 #5,832
2003 — 17 17 #4,630
2002 — 12 12 #5,749
2001 — 15 15 #4,907
2000 — 14 14 #5,061
1999 — 10 10 #6,080
1998 8 9 17 #6,349
1997 — 10 10 #5,672
1996 — 9 9 #6,014
1995 — 11 11 #5,157
1994 — 7 7 #7,013
1993 — 5 5 #8,777
1991 — 7 7 #6,563
1989 — 5 5 #7,993
1988 — 6 6 #6,493
1987 — 5 5 #7,031
1986 — 6 6 #5,995
1984 — 7 7 #5,044
1983 — 8 8 #4,548
1982 — 9 9 #4,281
1981 — 8 8 #4,564
1980 — 8 8 #4,542
1979 — 9 9 #4,116
1974 — 8 8 #3,898
1972 — 6 6 #4,511
1970 — 5 5 #4,814
1969 — 9 9 #3,120
1968 — 5 5 #4,225
1965 — 9 9 #2,826
1964 — 9 9 #2,909
1963 — 10 10 #2,721
1962 — 7 7 #3,380
1961 — 10 10 #2,759
1960 — 9 9 #2,921
1958 — 7 7 #3,344
1957 — 9 9 #2,877
1956 — 10 10 #2,668
1955 — 11 11 #2,472
1954 — 10 10 #2,640
1953 — 8 8 #2,961
1952 — 12 12 #2,288
1951 — 6 6 #3,450
1950 — 8 8 #2,842
1949 — 11 11 #2,380
1948 — 15 15 #1,974
1947 — 9 9 #2,728
1946 — 11 11 #2,313
1945 — 9 9 #2,447
1944 — 10 10 #2,357
1943 — 14 14 #2,024
1942 — 13 13 #2,078
1941 — 7 7 #2,932
1940 — 5 5 #3,543
1939 — 14 14 #1,922
1938 — 12 12 #2,130
1937 — 10 10 #2,372
1936 — 6 6 #3,237
1935 — 8 8 #2,797
1934 — 12 12 #2,180
1933 — 15 15 #1,866
1932 — 6 6 #3,442
1931 — 26 26 #1,380
1930 — 15 15 #2,008
1929 — 20 20 #1,696
1928 — 18 18 #1,860
1927 — 22 22 #1,662
1926 — 22 22 #1,643
1925 — 24 24 #1,556
1924 — 19 19 #1,868
1923 — 20 20 #1,779
1922 — 24 24 #1,568
1921 — 18 18 #1,939
1920 — 27 27 #1,441
1919 — 16 16 #2,019
1918 — 25 25 #1,479
1917 — 30 30 #1,257
1916 — 16 16 #1,894
1915 — 19 19 #1,630
1914 — 10 10 #2,172
1913 — 8 8 #2,154
1912 — 5 5 #2,629
1896 — 7 7 #974
1892 — 5 5 #1,236