Haines — boys' name
59 babies named Haines in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Haines was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Haines in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haines
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Haines between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Haines currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haines performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Haines shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Haines in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haines in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 59 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Haines at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Haines popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1915
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
59 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 10 births in a single year.
Haines by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 20 births that decade — 34% of Haines's all-time total
Haines decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Haines's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Haines by state
Where Haines concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 8.5% |
5 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.