Girl & boy name
Hayes
Hayes holds the #162 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 2,240 newborn boys in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #245 in 2020 to #162 today. Its strongest year on record was 2024 (#160 nationally, 2,255 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in North Dakota (#30 there in 2025).
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Hayes popularity, 1880–2025
Where Hayes is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Hayes in the most recent year of SSA data.
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Hayes as a girl name
As of 2025, Hayes ranks #2139 among American girls' names, according to Social Security records. 87 girls received the name that year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. SSA records for Hayes go back to 1993; the peak came in 2020 at #1948, with 98 babies named that year. Geographically, it's strongest in Virginia, where it ranks #1037 among girl names.