Halle
- Pronunciation
- [Halle]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Halle is a name traditionally given to a girl of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
About the Name Halle
Halle does not carry a well-documented independent ancient etymology, and its origin is rooted in English. The name's modern currency in the United States is inseparable from actress Halle Berry (born 1966), whose three-decade film career produced one of the most iconic Best Actress Oscar wins in 21st-century Academy history — making her the first and only African-American woman to win the Best Actress award. The name was in relatively limited US use before Berry's rise to prominence, and the SSA chart reflects this: it first entered the top-1000 in 2000, peaked at #316 in 2002 — the year after Berry's Oscar win — and that timing is unlikely to be coincidental.
Over its chart run Halle accumulated 12,886 top-1000 births, demonstrating genuine staying power well beyond an initial celebrity spike. After dipping through the 2010s, it has shown a notable recent upturn: #708 with 415 births in 2022, #686 with 424 births in 2023, and #575 with 524 births in 2024. That late resurgence — climbing nearly 130 ranks between 2022 and 2024 — suggests the name has transcended its original celebrity association and settled into broader appeal.
The name's sound echoes Hallie and Hayley while carrying a more minimalist silhouette — two syllables, four letters — that suits modern naming tastes. Spare, elegant, and instantly pronounceable, Halle now reads as a standalone choice rather than simply an homage, with a current upward trajectory that sets it apart from most names of its 2000s generation.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Halle
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Halle by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 971 girls named Halle (girl rank #316 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #596 for girls (491 US births). That's 280 places below its 2002 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Halle Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Halle the strongest states are North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska.
Strongest girls-name states
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #941 | 95 |
| 2 | Florida | #864 | 55 |
| 3 | Arizona | #857 | 22 |
| 4 | Texas | #857 | 212 |
| 5 | Georgia | #851 | 46 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #781 | 76 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #774 | 79 |
| 8 | Michigan | #773 | 63 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #762 | 39 |
| 10 | Illinois | #744 | 125 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Halle in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Famous People Named Halle
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Halle.
- Halle Berry — Movie Actress (1966)
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Compare Halle to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Halle against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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