Hayes — #160 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hayes

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,673 babies named Hayes between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hayes currently holds the #160 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hayes performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 8,830 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hayes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,321 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hayes in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hayes 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 18,673 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.