Hayes

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Hayes is ranked 160th among boys in 2024 (2,249 births). Its best rank was 160th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #160up 49 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,2490.13% of boys
Peak year: 20242,249 births
Best rank: #160in 2024
Since 1880: 19,546people given the name

Babies named Hayes, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

18,673 boys have been named Hayes in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,249 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 47%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 873 girls have also been given it, 4.5% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Hayes
1880s	67
1890s	68
1900s	124
1910s	311
1920s	400
1930s	298
1940s	301
1950s	250
1960s	167
1970s	225
1980s	182
1990s	405
2000s	1,127
2010s	5,918
2020s	8,830

In 2024, its biggest year

Hayes was the 160th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Hayes

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.