Recorded 2001–2022 Girls' name Peak 2007 83 births

Hiilei — girls' name

83 babies named Hiilei in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s382010s312020s14
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Hiilei was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

8 babies were named Hiilei in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Hiilei

The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Hiilei between 2001 and 2022, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hiilei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiilei performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hiilei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hiilei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hiilei 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 83 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.

Hiilei at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

83

Since 2001

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2001

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2022

Hiilei popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2001

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2007)
8
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
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Hiilei by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
38 births that decade — 46% of Hiilei's all-time total
2000s382010s312020s14

Hiilei by state

Where Hiilei concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Hiilei
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
58 69.9%
Hawaii share of Hiilei's total US births 69.9%

58 of 83 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hiilei?
83 babies have been named Hiilei since 2001. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2007 with 8 births.
When was Hiilei most popular?
Hiilei was most popular in the 2000s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Hiilei most popular?
The top states for the name Hiilei are Hawaii (58 births).
How long has the name Hiilei been used?
Hiilei has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 22 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Hiilei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hiilani, Hiiaka. 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, 2001–2022 (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.