How Many People Are Named Hays?
people named Hays are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 739,794 people in the US has this name
Based on 745 babies named Hays in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hays, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hays alive today is about 20 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hays first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 25 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hays has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #974, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #5,467.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,467 |
| Best rank | #974 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,794 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hays alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hays were born in Texas than in any other state: about 63 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hays was given about 8.5 times as often in Texas.
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