Halle

What Halle means

Means “covered room”

As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Halle” (revision 94539908), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Halle?

US: Rising: up from #908 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #249 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 971 girls got the name (#316 that year). First in the US records in 1948.

How common

• About 1 in 3,273 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,835 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 942 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.62 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.27 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Halle is #595 in the US and #316 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Halle were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Halle

Girls

• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*
• Jade#95Editor’s note Up from #126 in 2015 to #95 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 600 US girls in the 2025 records
• Summer#151Editor’s note Up from #193 in 2015 to #151 in 2025 in the US
• Isabel#176“my God is an oath”^*
• Autumn#88Editor’s note Down from #69 in 2015 to #88 in 2025 in the US
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Cade#248“lump, swelling”^*
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Halle’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.