Recorded 1991–2007 Girls' name Peak 2001 30 births

Hui — girls' name

30 babies named Hui in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s172000s13
1990s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Hui was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

8 babies were named Hui in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Hui

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Hui between 1991 and 2007, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hui currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hui performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hui shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hui in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hui 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 30 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.

Hui at a glance

Last recorded 2007

Total births

30

Since 1991

17 years of records

Peak year

2001

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1991

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2007

Hui popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1991

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (2001)
8
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
456789 20072001199719921991 5

Hui by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
17 births that decade — 57% of Hui's all-time total
1990s172000s13

Hui by state

Where Hui concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Hui
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
7 23.3%
New York share of Hui's total US births 23.3%

7 of 30 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hui?
30 babies have been named Hui since 1991. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 2001 with 8 births.
When was Hui most popular?
Hui was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Hui most popular?
The top states for the name Hui are New York (7 births).
How long has the name Hui been used?
Hui has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 17 years of data through 2007.

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, 1991–2007 (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.