Halbert vs Halle
American parents have registered 16,657 Halles since 1880, against 1,137 Halberts. Halle is still ahead, with 491 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Halbert Halle
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 118 years in which either name was published, Halle for 61 years and Halbert for 57 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Halbert | Halle | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,137 | 16,657 |
| Most in one year | 29 | 971 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 491 |
| Estimated living today | 450 | 16,000 |
| Median age today | 65 | 19 |
| Peak year | 1923 | 2002 |
| Best rank | 1,358th boys | 316th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 595th |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1948 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,137 | 16,651 / 6 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Halberts alive today are over 65; half the Halles are over 19. That is 46 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Halbert and Halle.