How rare is the name Hayes?

8,856 people in the United States have the first name Hayes, about 1 in 34,105. It ranks #2,659 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HAYES

#2,659

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,856
About
1 in 34,105
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,856 people named Hayes, 86.9% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 93.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hayes peaked in 2025, when 2,327 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,327
In 2025*
2,327
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 21,886 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hayes by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #357. The largest share of babies named Hayes, 77.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,52767
1890s#1,92568
1900s#1,702124
1910s#2,049311
1920s#2,242400
1930s#2,471298
1940s#2,705301
1950s#3,519250
1960s#4,834167
1970s#4,973225
1980s#6,758182
1990s#4,773423
2000s#2,9081,209
2010s#9766,273
2020s#35711,588
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.5%
Silent Generation 1928–452.4%
Baby boom 1946–642.2%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–961.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.4%
2013 and later77.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hayes is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hayes has been most common in Utah (4.1×), South Dakota (3.3×), and North Dakota (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).

17,765 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hayes

#2,657 Ajay · 8,870#2,657 Lili · 8,870#2,660 Woodrow · 8,852#2,661 Joao · 8,843

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hayes, most common first.

#20,952 Hays · 489

Also a last name

As a last name, Hayes ranks #133 of 156,621, with 186,445 people. See Hayes as a last name

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