How rare is the name Halle?

13,596 people in the United States have the first name Halle, about 1 in 22,215. It ranks #2,017 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HALLE

#2,017

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,596
About
1 in 22,215
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,596 people named Halle, 78.1% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as two or more races and 6.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Halle peaked in 2002, when 971 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
971
In 2025*
491 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,657 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Halle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #828. The largest share of babies named Halle, 59.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#10,93119
1960s#6,441101
1970s#6,415150
1980s#6,325203
1990s#1,3732,789
2000s#8287,122
2010s#1,4293,702
2020s#1,3082,566
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–969.5%
Generation Z 1997–1259.8%
2013 and later29%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Halle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Halle has been most common in Utah (5.9×), Idaho (4×), and North Dakota (2.3×), and least common in Connecticut (0.35×).

15,175 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Halle, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Halle ranks #17,058 of 156,621, with 1,625 people. See Halle as a last name

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