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Hays and Hayes side by side: Hays peaked in 2024 and Hayes in 2025; in 2025 they were given to 17 and 2,327 babies.

Hays and Hayes, year by year

Babies given each name per year
Hays and Hayes births by year5001k1.5k2k2.5k18801900192019401960198020002025HayesHays
Hays and Hayes births by year5001k1.5k2k2.5k18801900192019401960198020002025HayesHays
Hays and Hayes births by year5001k1.5k2k2.5k1880190519301955198020052025HayesHays
Hays and Hayes births by year5001k1.5k2k2.5k1880193019802025HayesHays

Girls and boys together; Hays solid, Hayes dashed.

Hays and Hayes compared
HaysHayes
Births 2025172,327
Rank 2025#5,467 among boys’ names#162 among boys’ names
Recorded since 188074521,886
Peak year20242025
Girls1%4%
Alive, estimated45920,200
Median age126

Both names: SSA national file, published May 8, 2026, and SSA’s cohort life tables.

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