unisex name

Hoai

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 56

Hoai is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 11% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1988 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Hoai over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1988, not a full ten years.

41
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Births named Hoai by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s (to 1988) 41

How popular is Hoai?

In 1988, Hoai was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Hoai is used

France #4,925 5 in 2009
United States #7,647 5 in 1988

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.

Names that peaked alongside Hoai

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

Parents who like Hoai also like

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

Sibling names for Hoai

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

Common questions about Hoai

How popular is the name Hoai?

In 1988, Hoai was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Hoai is used for both girls and boys. About 11% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Hoai most popular?

Hoai peaked in 1983, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.