Hallis
Hallis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adolph Hallis (1896–1987), South African pianist, composer, and teacher Howard Hallis, American artist
Meaning & Origin of Hallis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hallis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adolph Hallis (1896–1987), South African pianist, composer, and teacher Howard Hallis, American artist
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The Story of Hallis
Hallis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1919, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 9 births, good for #2,912 nationwide. About 67% of every Hallis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hallis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1935, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 67 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Hallis
Hallis is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 67 births in the dataset. Hallis's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #2,912. Use the chart and map above to compare Hallis'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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