Halle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAL-ee
- UK rank, 2025
- #300 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #595 for girls
Halle is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 300th for girls in the UK (162 babies) and 595th for girls in the US (491 babies).
What does Halle mean?
Variant of Hallie; also an unrelated Scandinavian name
The actor Halle Berry was named after the Halle Brothers department store in Cleveland, Ohio.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Halle a girl's or a boy's name?
Halle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 162 girls in the UK and 491 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Halle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 300th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 162 about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were named Halle, making it the 300th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 230th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 286 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Halle than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Halle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,599 girls in the UK were given Halle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #300 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 316th in England and Wales, 204th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Halle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #300 |
| 2024 | 187 | #275 |
| 2023 | 256 | #209 |
| 2022 | 237 | #226 |
| 2021 | 258 | #223 |
| 2020 | 233 | #230 |
| 2019 | 286 | #193 |
| 2018 | 267 | #209 |
| 2017 | 260 | #216 |
| 2016 | 237 | #245 |
| 2015 | 230 | #243 |
| 2014 | 214 | #254 |
| 2013 | 212 | #253 |
| 2012 | 164 | #326 |
| 2011 | 182 | #302 |
| 2010 | 166 | #310 |
| 2009 | 144 | #345 |
| 2008 | 120 | #402 |
| 2007 | 109 | #416 |
| 2006 | 123 | #378 |
| 2005 | 137 | #329 |
| 2004 | 155 | #300 |
| 2003 | 170 | #275 |
| 2002 | 93 | #395 |
| 2001 | 47 | #621 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Halle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 595th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 491 about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 491 girls in the US were named Halle, making it the 595th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 971 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Halle in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,889 girls in the US were given Halle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #112, up from #595 for this spelling alone.
Halle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 491 | #595 |
| 2024 | 530 | #570 |
| 2023 | 425 | #685 |
| 2022 | 415 | #709 |
| 2021 | 392 | #728 |
| 2020 | 313 | #862 |
| 2019 | 330 | #824 |
| 2018 | 301 | #895 |
| 2017 | 276 | #959 |
| 2016 | 278 | #967 |
| 2015 | 302 | #908 |
| 2014 | 363 | #772 |
| 2013 | 407 | #695 |
| 2012 | 449 | #637 |
| 2011 | 467 | #620 |
| 2010 | 529 | #552 |
| 2009 | 549 | #557 |
| 2008 | 620 | #502 |
| 2007 | 618 | #512 |
| 2006 | 626 | #492 |
| 2005 | 735 | #421 |
| 2004 | 801 | #387 |
| 2003 | 919 | #338 |
| 2002 | 971 | #316 |
| 2001 | 638 | #437 |
| 2000 | 639 | #442 |
| 1999 | 585 | #454 |
| 1998 | 430 | #570 |
| 1997 | 372 | #610 |
| 1996 | 378 | #605 |
| 1995 | 306 | #694 |
| 1994 | 298 | #701 |
| 1993 | 286 | #733 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,709 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Names like Halle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Amelie, Willow, Zainab, Myla, Maeve, Zara, Mia, Scarlett, Autumn, Fatima, Safa
Other spellings of Halle
Names related to Halle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Halle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halle, updated 20 October 2026.