Meaning not yet researched.
Hayes: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,240 in 2025. Its best rank was #160 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #160 in 2024; #162 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Hayes in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#162 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #160.
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Hayes: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,240 boys in 2025. Peak: #160 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 2,255 (2024).
In 2025, 2,240 US boys were named Hayes, making it the 162nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #160 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 2,255 boys named Hayes in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #160, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,255. For comparison, it was #539 in 2015 and #1,276 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hayes in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 21,886 US babies have been given the name, 4.4% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 11,588 babies named Hayes.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,703 US boys were named Hayes; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 2,255. In 2025 that was about 1 in 763 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hayes ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #30 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 14 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Haze (1,342 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Hays, Hayze and Hayz are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Hays (745), Hayze (582), Hayz (35), Hayse (23), Hayez (18).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Hayes in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 23 | #30 | — |
| Wyoming | 10 | #43 | — |
| Nebraska | 42 | #44 | #469 |
| Montana | 22 | #46 | — |
| Utah | 81 | #50 | #327 |
| South Dakota | 18 | #57 | #229 |
| Kansas | 51 | #64 | #434 |
| Mississippi | 36 | #66 | #223 |
| Louisiana | 63 | #67 | #182 |
| Idaho | 30 | #74 | — |
| Iowa | 41 | #88 | #394 |
| Minnesota | 63 | #99 | — |
| Oklahoma | 45 | #99 | #333 |
| Tennessee | 88 | #100 | #335 |
| Wisconsin | 56 | #107 | #711 |
| Alabama | 47 | #111 | #540 |
| Missouri | 63 | #112 | #501 |
| North Carolina | 104 | #115 | #380 |
| Arkansas | 30 | #116 | #195 |
| Kentucky | 48 | #119 | #414 |
| South Carolina | 44 | #122 | #298 |
| Michigan | 70 | #146 | — |
| Colorado | 46 | #154 | #493 |
| Texas | 236 | #159 | #326 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #160 | — |
| Georgia | 79 | #161 | #465 |
| Ohio | 83 | #164 | #664 |
| Indiana | 51 | #165 | #837 |
| Oregon | 25 | #166 | — |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #176 | — |
| Maine | 7 | #187 | — |
| Virginia | 43 | #203 | #695 |
| Pennsylvania | 62 | #206 | #724 |
| Maryland | 28 | #211 | — |
| West Virginia | 9 | #212 | — |
| Illinois | 55 | #214 | #687 |
| Massachusetts | 27 | #225 | — |
| Arizona | 36 | #227 | #607 |
| Washington | 35 | #230 | #655 |
| California | 143 | #260 | #972 |
| Florida | 78 | #268 | #1,051 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #306 | — |
| Nevada | 10 | #310 | — |
| New York | 52 | #339 | #1,097 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #383 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #2,143 | 2,240 | #162 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,517 | 2,255 | #160 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,321 | 1,755 | #209 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,181 | 1,775 | #212 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,218 | 1,606 | #229 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,953 | 1,451 | #245 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,545 | 1,165 | #296 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,489 | 973 | #343 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,615 | 766 | #408 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,352 | 717 | #432 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,191 | 531 | #539 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,533 | 504 | #546 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,567 | 418 | #605 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,773 | 340 | #697 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,561 | 289 | #778 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,041 | 215 | #937 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,960 | 211 | #954 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,271 | 144 | #1,223 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,987 | 146 | #1,210 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,882 | 134 | #1,250 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,181 | 108 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,184 | 79 | #1,637 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,744 | 91 | #1,440 |
| 2002 | — | — | 76 | #1,599 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,152 | 61 | #1,830 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,266 | 77 | #1,557 |
| 1999 | — | — | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1998 | — | — | 61 | #1,685 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,648 | 51 | #1,844 |
| 1996 | — | — | 41 | #2,084 |
| 1995 | — | — | 49 | #1,790 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,331 | 34 | #2,323 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,335 | 27 | #2,658 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,272 |
| 1991 | — | — | 31 | #2,313 |
| 1990 | — | — | 23 | #2,813 |
| 1989 | — | — | 16 | #3,514 |
| 1988 | — | — | 21 | #2,715 |
| 1987 | — | — | 23 | #2,422 |
| 1986 | — | — | 23 | #2,382 |
| 1985 | — | — | 16 | #3,001 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,564 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,444 |
| 1982 | — | — | 9 | #4,367 |
| 1981 | — | — | 18 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,771 |
| 1979 | — | — | 16 | #2,821 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,720 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,495 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,276 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,160 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,227 |
| 1973 | — | — | 22 | #1,949 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,578 |
| 1971 | — | — | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,159 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,606 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,493 |
| 1967 | — | — | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,929 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,598 |
| 1962 | — | — | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1961 | — | — | 18 | #1,972 |
| 1960 | — | — | 29 | #1,501 |
| 1959 | — | — | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1958 | — | — | 18 | #1,925 |
| 1957 | — | — | 28 | #1,498 |
| 1956 | — | — | 21 | #1,741 |
| 1955 | — | — | 19 | #1,813 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,510 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1952 | — | — | 31 | #1,358 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,315 |
| 1950 | — | — | 32 | #1,276 |
| 1949 | — | — | 23 | #1,559 |
| 1948 | — | — | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1947 | — | — | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1946 | — | — | 34 | #1,205 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,110 |
| 1944 | — | — | 29 | #1,245 |
| 1943 | — | — | 24 | #1,443 |
| 1942 | — | — | 34 | #1,202 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1940 | — | — | 29 | #1,261 |
| 1939 | — | — | 32 | #1,154 |
| 1938 | — | — | 31 | #1,181 |
| 1937 | — | — | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1936 | — | — | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,338 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,303 |
| 1933 | — | — | 32 | #1,172 |
| 1932 | — | — | 27 | #1,340 |
| 1931 | — | — | 45 | #987 |
| 1930 | — | — | 30 | #1,315 |
| 1929 | — | — | 31 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | — | — | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1927 | — | — | 32 | #1,308 |
| 1926 | — | — | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1925 | — | — | 51 | #949 |
| 1924 | — | — | 37 | #1,196 |
| 1923 | — | — | 42 | #1,106 |
| 1922 | — | — | 49 | #1,012 |
| 1921 | — | — | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1920 | — | — | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1919 | — | — | 49 | #965 |
| 1918 | — | — | 37 | #1,137 |
| 1917 | — | — | 45 | #970 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,106 |
| 1915 | — | — | 41 | #987 |
| 1914 | — | — | 37 | #904 |
| 1913 | — | — | 25 | #1,007 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,241 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #876 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #953 |
| 1909 | — | — | 21 | #582 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #798 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #840 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #728 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #513 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,012 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,200 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #667 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #751 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #659 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #716 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #821 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #566 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #827 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,013 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #792 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #899 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #803 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #718 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #865 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #721 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #530 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #572 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #793 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #934 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #708 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).