How Many People Are Named Hye?
people named Hye are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,178,558 people in the US has this name
Based on 72 babies named Hye in Social Security records from 1948 to 1999, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Population Percentage
Of US population
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Korean ๆ ง (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent" or other characters which are pronounced in the same way. Although it does appear rarely as a single-character name, it is more often used in combination with another character. A notable bearer was a 6th-century king of Baekje.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hye in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Hye alive today is about 47 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Hye first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1993, to 10 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1999.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 1999
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Hye alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hye were born in Kansas than in any other state: about 22 of those alive today.
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