Hisaye — girls' name
25 babies named Hisaye in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Hisaye was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Hisaye in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hisaye
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Hisaye between 1918 and 1924, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hisaye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hisaye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hisaye shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hisaye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hisaye 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 25 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.
Hisaye at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hisaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1918
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
25 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 8 births in a single year.
Hisaye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 20 births that decade — 80% of Hisaye's all-time total
Hisaye decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hisaye's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Hisaye by state
Where Hisaye concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 44.0% |
11 of 25 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 44.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 44.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1918–1924 (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.