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How popular is “Hal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hal” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hal” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hal” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hal” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hal” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hal” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 25 0.000102686 25 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 -100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 -100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 -100%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 -100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 -100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 -100%
1906 23 0.000053682 23 -100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 -100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 -100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 -100%
1910 31 0.000052479 31 -100%
1911 43 0.000066741 43 -100%
1912 60 0.000060725 60 -100%
1913 81 0.000071233 81 -100%
1914 115 0.000081195 115 -100%
1915 152 0.00008295 152 -100%
1916 133 0.000068755 133 -100%
1917 125 0.00006229 125 -100%
1918 172 0.000079222 172 -100%
1919 161 0.000076294 161 -100%
1920 193 0.000085298 193 -100%
1921 177 0.000075819 177 -100%
1922 171 0.0000747 171 -100%
1923 159 0.000069056 159 -100%
1924 188 0.000078938 6 182 -94%
1925 191 0.000081858 191 -100%
1926 190 0.000082756 6 184 -94%
1927 190 0.000081919 190 -100%
1928 193 0.000085363 193 -100%
1929 194 0.000088497 194 -100%
1930 153 0.000068817 153 -100%
1931 166 0.000078883 166 -100%
1932 194 0.000091887 194 -100%
1933 188 0.000094026 188 -100%
1934 205 0.000098709 205 -100%
1935 201 0.000096177 201 -100%
1936 148 0.000071237 148 -100%
1937 191 0.000089643 191 -100%
1938 162 0.000073218 162 -100%
1939 202 0.000091675 202 -100%
1940 196 0.000085118 196 -100%
1941 194 0.000079625 194 -100%
1942 204 0.000074676 204 -100%
1943 208 0.000073692 208 -100%
1944 213 0.00007918 213 -100%
1945 211 0.000079535 211 -100%
1946 264 0.000082621 264 -100%
1947 361 0.000100213 361 -100%
1948 358 0.000103692 358 -100%
1949 406 0.000116507 406 -100%
1950 370 0.000105613 370 -100%
1951 387 0.000105056 387 -100%
1952 392 0.000103212 392 -100%
1953 405 0.000105095 405 -100%
1954 416 0.000104504 416 -100%
1955 455 0.000113323 455 -100%
1956 598 0.000145039 598 -100%
1957 526 0.000125174 526 -100%
1958 455 0.000110065 455 -100%
1959 418 0.000100529 418 -100%
1960 403 0.000097019 403 -100%
1961 342 0.000082563 342 -100%
1962 228 0.0000565 228 -100%
1963 278 0.000070234 278 -100%
1964 199 0.000051188 199 -100%
1965 199 0.00005489 199 -100%
1966 169 0.000048624 169 -100%
1967 151 0.000044479 151 -100%
1968 125 0.000037 125 -100%
1969 105 0.000030213 105 -100%
1970 125 0.00003466 125 -100%
1971 124 0.000036127 124 -100%
1972 115 0.000036589 115 -100%
1973 97 0.000032152 97 -100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 -100%
1975 79 0.000026164 79 -100%
1976 68 0.00002241 68 -100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 -100%
1978 64 0.000020165 64 -100%
1979 73 0.000021942 73 -100%
1980 74 0.000021483 74 -100%
1981 56 0.000016188 56 -100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 -100%
1983 52 0.000015014 52 -100%
1984 41 0.000011752 41 -100%
1985 59 0.000016531 59 -100%
1986 65 0.000018273 65 -100%
1987 33 0.000009152 33 -100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 -100%
1989 43 0.000011185 43 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 38 0.000009755 38 -100%
1992 32 0.000008331 32 -100%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 -100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 23 0.000006085 23 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 -100%
2003 26 0.000006838 26 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 -100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 -100%
2019 21 0.00000605 21 -100%
2020 33 0.000009879 33 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 33 0.000009914 33 -100%

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