Hall
Hall is a masculine given name which may refer to:Hall Caine (1853–1931), British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic Hall Hibbard (1903–1996), American engineer, co-designer of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning World War II fighter Hall Overton (1920–1972), American composer Hall Roosevelt (1891–1941), American engineer, banker, soldier and municipal official, brother of First…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Hall
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hall is a masculine given name which may refer to:Hall Caine (1853–1931), British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic Hall Hibbard (1903–1996), American engineer, co-designer of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning World War II fighter Hall Overton (1920–1972), American composer Hall Roosevelt (1891–1941), American engineer, banker, soldier and municipal official, brother of First…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Hall
The earliest SSA record of Hall as a baby boy name dates back to 1881, when 6 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 33 newborns named Hall — #1,211 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Hall on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hall last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 870 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hall
Hall is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 870 births in the dataset. Hall's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,211. Use the chart and map above to compare Hall's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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