How Many People Are Named Hayes?
people named Hayes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,910 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,886 babies named Hayes in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,327 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hayes, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1900s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hayes alive today is about 8 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hayes first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,327 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hayes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #160, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #162.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #162 |
| Best rank | #160 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #201 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hayes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hayes were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,626 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hayes was given 4.5 times as often in South Dakota, 3.8 times in North Dakota and 3.3 times in Louisiana.
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