How rare is the name Hai?

11,511 people in the United States have the first name Hai, about 1 in 26,239. It ranks #2,261 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HAI

#2,261

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,511
About
1 in 26,239
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,511 people named Hai, 96.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.8% as White. 79.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hai peaked in 1983, when 50 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752015
Peak year
1983
Births that year
50
In 2015
8 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 588 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Hai by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,734. The largest share of babies named Hai, 69.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#10,96960
1980s#4,734310
1990s#9,578156
2000s#26,85137
2010s#31,65225
Generation X 1965–8014.6%
Millennials 1981–9669.9%
Generation Z 1997–1213.1%
2013 and later2.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Hai

#2,259 Trang · 11,522#2,260 Roxanna · 11,517#2,262 Keely · 11,483#2,263 Denver · 11,468

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hai, most common first.

#2,520 Ha · 9,646#2,728 Hao · 8,585#6,625 Hau · 2,404#6,649 Hae · 2,390#16,550 Hay · 679#30,390 Hawi · 287

Also a last name

As a last name, Hai ranks #23,700 of 156,621, with 1,104 people. See Hai as a last name

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