boy's name

Hai

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 731

Hai is a boy's name. In 2015 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 50 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Hai over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Hai by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 60
1980s 310
1990s 156
2000s 37
2010s (to 2015) 25

How popular is Hai?

In 2015, Hai was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Hai is used

Canada #2,626 5 in 2007
France as Haï #3,761 5 in 2025
England & Wales #5,967 3 in 2025
United States #9,071 8 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Hai is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Haï Haï is a rare spelling of Hai, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 25 times, mostly in France. 25

Names that peaked alongside Hai

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Hai also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Hai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Hai

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Hai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Hai

How popular is the name Hai?

In 2015, Hai was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Hai a girl's or a boy's name?

Hai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Hai most popular?

Hai peaked in 1983, when 50 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Hai a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Hai currently ranks #3,761 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.