Name meaning & stats
Hal
Hal. 11,449 US babies since 1940, peak 1956.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1956
11,449 US babies were named Hal between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hal (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Hal 91%
- Hale 6%
- Hall 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1956)