Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hale” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hale” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hale” 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 “Hale” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hale” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hale” 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
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 8 9 -6%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 21 0.000005253 6 15 -43%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 -100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 23 0.000006626 23 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 -100%

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