Hye
Hye is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Hye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hye is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Hye
The earliest SSA record of Hye as a baby girl name dates back to 1948, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Hye — #8,052 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Hyes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1999 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 72 Hyes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hye
Hye is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 72 births in the dataset. Hye's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #8,052. Use the chart and map above to compare Hye's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.