# Halle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/halle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “covered room” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæli/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,657 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 16,651 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,017, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Hall. * As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”). * As a Belgian and Dutch surname, from Halle, Belgium. * As a Jewish surname, from Halle in Saxony, named after the river Saale.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 467 | 621 |
| 2012 | 449 | 637 |
| 2013 | 407 | 695 |
| 2014 | 363 | 772 |
| 2015 | 302 | 909 |
| 2016 | 278 | 969 |
| 2017 | 276 | 959 |
| 2018 | 301 | 896 |
| 2019 | 330 | 825 |
| 2020 | 313 | 862 |
| 2021 | 392 | 729 |
| 2022 | 415 | 709 |
| 2023 | 425 | 686 |
| 2024 | 530 | 572 |
| 2025 | 491 | 596 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 10,433 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 148 | 323 |
| 2012 | 137 | 350 |
| 2013 | 178 | 267 |
| 2014 | 177 | 270 |
| 2015 | 198 | 249 |
| 2016 | 200 | 254 |
| 2017 | 226 | 224 |
| 2018 | 221 | 228 |
| 2019 | 248 | 197 |
| 2020 | 202 | 229 |
| 2021 | 217 | 231 |
| 2022 | 205 | 229 |
| 2023 | 212 | 221 |
| 2024 | 160 | 280 |
| 2025 | 138 | 316 |

## People named Halle

- Halle Berry, American actress (born 1966)
- Halle Bailey, American singer and actress (born 2000)
- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, American physician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.