Hale
Boy · HAYL · English
Hale is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “nook, hollow”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Hale mean?
English: surname from Old English halh
“nook, hollow”
Nathan Hale was an American Revolutionary spy, remembered for regretting he had but one life to lose for his country.
- Say it
- HAYL
Is Hale a girl's or a boy's name?
Hale is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hale in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Hale, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Hale in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hale in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
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