Haynes — #6477 US boys' name
589 babies named Haynes in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Haynes was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Haynes in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haynes
The Social Security Administration has registered 589 babies named Haynes between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Haynes currently holds the #6477 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haynes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Haynes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Haynes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haynes 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 589 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.
Haynes at a glance
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Current rank
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Haynes popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #6477 among boys.
589 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 20 births in a single year.
Haynes popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 2016 (Haynes as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Haynes accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Haynes by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 122 births that decade — 21% of Haynes's all-time total
Haynes decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Haynes's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Haynes by state
Where Haynes concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 7 | 1.2% |
7 of 589 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.2% 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, 1913–2024 (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.