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Hayes name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Hayes ranks #162 in male records (2,240 reported) and #2,143 in female records (87 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#2,143 · 87 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 16 female records (71 to 87); rank moved from #2,517 to #2,143.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 3 female records (84 to 87); rank moved from #2,218 to #2,143.
2025 male rank and count
#162 · 2,240 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 15 male records (2,255 to 2,240); rank moved from #160 to #162.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 634 male records (1,606 to 2,240); rank moved from #229 to #162.
Peak year in available data
2024: 2,255 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Hayes becoming more popular?

Hayes's reported male count decreased by 15 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #160 to #162. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Hayes in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for HayesFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,2550201620252016: 25 female records2017: 67 female records2018: 71 female records2019: 69 female records2020: 98 female records2021: 84 female records2022: 87 female records2023: 79 female records2024: 71 female records2025: 87 female records2016: 717 male records2017: 766 male records2018: 973 male records2019: 1,165 male records2020: 1,451 male records2021: 1,606 male records2022: 1,775 male records2023: 1,755 male records2024: 2,255 male records2025: 2,240 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025872,1432,240162
2024712,5172,255160
2023792,3211,755209
2022872,1811,775212
2021842,2181,606229
2020981,9531,451245
2019692,5451,165296
2018712,489973343
2017672,615766408
2016255,352717432

Questions about Hayes’s popularity

How common is Hayes in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Hayes ranks #162 in male records (2,240 reported) and #2,143 in female records (87 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Hayes?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Hayes only.

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