Hallel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-LEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Hallel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praise”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Hallel mean?
Hebrew
“praise”
Hallel is the Jewish prayer of praise, made up of Psalms 113 to 118 and recited on festivals.
Is Hallel a girl's or a boy's name?
Hallel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Hallel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Hallel, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 2003. 6 boys were also named Hallel in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Hallel of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Hallel in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hallel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
Names like Hallel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem Hadassah Selah Harlow Haisley Harper Raya Hadassa Halo Zayla Hawa Isla
Names related to Hallel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hallel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hallel, updated 20 October 2026.