Hye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hye

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Hye between 1948 and 1999, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hye performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hye shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hye 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 72 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.