Recorded 1960–1989 Girls' name Peak 1982 27 births

Hee — girls' name

27 babies named Hee in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51980s22
1980s
Peak decade

81% of everyone ever named Hee was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

6 babies were named Hee in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Hee

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Hee between 1960 and 1989, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Hee at a glance

Last recorded 1989

Total births

27

Since 1960

30 years of records

Peak year

1982

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1989

Active since

1960

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 1989

Hee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1960

Last recorded 1989
Peak year (1982)
6
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
4.555.566.5 19891982198119801960 5

Hee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
22 births that decade — 81% of Hee's all-time total
1960s51980s22

Hee by state

Where Hee concentrates geographically — total births since 1960

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Hee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Kansas
5 18.5%
Kansas share of Hee's total US births 18.5%

5 of 27 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hee?
27 babies have been named Hee since 1960. It was last recorded in 1989. The peak year was 1982 with 6 births.
When was Hee most popular?
Hee was most popular in the 1980s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
Where is Hee most popular?
The top states for the name Hee are Kansas (5 births).
How long has the name Hee been used?
Hee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 30 years of data through 1989.
What names are similar to Hee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Heer, Heena, Heela, Heera, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.