Hye

Popularity Trends

The name Hye is the #7,667 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 72 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,644 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 72 births since 1948.

Hye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for girls in 1948). Birth data for Hye is available in 12 out of the 52 years between 1948 and 1999. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Hye reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #860) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hye".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1993

First Recorded

1948

Peak Percentile

0.6%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#860

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of Hai. View all variations of Hai.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hye", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Hai" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Hai..

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hye's popularity from 1949 to 1997 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hye at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hye range from Shalai at 63.0% correlation to Davidjohn at 57.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 59.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Doniece with 44 births (100% girls) and the least popular is Jarvas with 15 births (100% boys).

Hye's share of births peaked at 5.1 births per million for girls in 1993. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (47% of peak) in 1957. In 1999, the most recent period with data, the name Hye had 2.6 births per million, 51% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

63.04% (strong)

62.41% (strong)

61.38% (strong)

60.79% (strong)

60.32% (strong)

59.52% (moderate)

58.75% (moderate)

58.70% (moderate)

58.51% (moderate)

58.37% (moderate)

58.28% (moderate)

57.62% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hye

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hye. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.0% confident that Hye is pronounced as hai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hai, at 15.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.

hai

85.0%

hai

15.0%

hai (1 syllable)

85.0% confidence

HH AY1

hai (1 syllable)

Verified

15.0% confidence

HH AY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Hye? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Hye. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Hye, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AY1) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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