Hays — #4189 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hays

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Hays between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hays currently holds the #4189 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hays performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Hays shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hays in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hays 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 723 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.