Boys' name · since 2009
Hayston
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 106 babies named Hayston, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,097 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hayston is the #8097 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 106 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayston has been recorded 106 times among boys since 2009, currently ranked #8097 nationally and more common than 42% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #17,029 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,097 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 106 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayston ranks #17,029 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,097 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 106 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,097 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hayston's 106 recorded births place it above 62.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hayston compares
106 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hayston's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hayston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hayston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hayston's full recorded timeline at 2019, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hayston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Hayston by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (60 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Hayston's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Hayston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 60 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hayston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hayston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.