Hayes
#2,139 for girls in 2025, 87 births · #162 for boys in 2025, 2,240 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 2,255 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,925since 1880
Hayes over time
Rank among boys' names. Hayes has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,139 | 87 | #162 | 2,240 |
| 2024 | #2,508 | 71 | #160 | 2,255 |
| 2023 | #2,314 | 79 | #209 | 1,755 |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | #212 | 1,775 |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 | #229 | 1,606 |
| 2020 | #1,948 | 98 | #245 | 1,451 |
| 2019 | #2,538 | 69 | #296 | 1,165 |
| 2018 | #2,478 | 71 | #343 | 973 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 | #408 | 766 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #432 | 717 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #539 | 531 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #546 | 504 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #605 | 418 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #695 | 340 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #777 | 289 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #936 | 215 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #953 | 211 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #1,223 | 144 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,206 | 146 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,249 | 134 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,381 | 108 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,629 | 79 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #1,438 | 91 |
| 2002 | — | #1,596 | 76 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,552 | 77 |
| 1999 | — | #1,801 | 55 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,836 | 51 |
| 1996 | — | #2,073 | 41 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,782 | 49 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,295 | 31 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,235 | 45 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,496 | 26 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,347 | 31 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,544 | 23 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,196 | 34 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,431 | 24 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,193 | 34 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,300 | 26 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,159 | 32 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,324 | 27 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,299 | 30 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,272 | 31 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,092 | 42 | |
| 1925 | — | #945 | 51 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,187 | 37 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,101 | 42 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,010 | 49 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,002 | 49 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #959 | 49 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,096 | 35 | |
| 1915 | — | #980 | 41 | |
| 1914 | — | #898 | 37 | |
| 1913 | — | #995 | 25 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hayes was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hayes
- 2 spots since 2024 (#160 → #162)
- 83 spots since 2020 (#245 → #162)
- 377 spots since 2015 (#539 → #162)
- Biggest jump: 459 spots in 1905 (#966 → #507)
- Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1903 (#651 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #160 (2,255 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Highest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 were named Hayes (0.13%)
- Its best rank, #160 in 2024, was only 1 in 764 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 53.0% of all boys named Hayes (11,082) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 67 | #521 (1885) | #700 |
| 1890s | 68 | #551 (1896) | #773 |
| 1900s | 124 | #507 (1905) | #751 |
| 1910s | 311 | #856 (1911) | #1,002 |
| 1920s | 400 | #945 (1925) | #1,141 |
| 1930s | 298 | #983 (1931) | #1,242 |
| 1940s | 301 | #1,103 (1945) | #1,276 |
| 1950s | 250 | #1,272 (1950) | #1,573 |
| 1960s | 167 | #1,486 (1960) | #2,074 |
| 1970s | 225 | #1,235 (1971) | #2,134 |
| 1980s | 182 | #2,360 (1986) | #2,830 |
| 1990s | 405 | #1,680 (1998) | #2,145 |
| 2000s | 1,127 | #953 (2009) | #1,404 |
| 2010s | 5,918 | #296 (2019) | #558 |
| 2020s | 11,082 | #160 (2024) | #203 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hayes in 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 24,324 of them was named Hayes, which outranked 85.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,508Sirena70
- #2,508Yatziri70
- #2,508Zyra70
- #2,538Hayes69
- #2,538Annalyse69
- #2,538Aseel69
- #2,538Aylen69
- #2,561Aaryn68
- #2,561Amaryllis68
- #2,561Anabel68
Tied with 22 names at #2,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 1,540 of them was named Hayes, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.