Hayes

Meaning: Enclosure, brushwood
Origin: English surname

Meaning: Descendant of Aodh
Origin: Irish surname

Boy's name · #162 in the US (2025) · Trending

96% boys · 4% girls — Hayes is also given to girls: 87 in 2025, about 1 in 25 in recent years. Hayes →

Popularity over time

Hayes ranked #162 in 2025, with about 2,200 boys given the name last year. Roughly 21,000 have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

In recent years, Hayes ran about 4× its national rate in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming—ranked #30 in North Dakota in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Hayes ranks in other countries and regions.

#181 in Canada (2025) · #181 in New Zealand (2025) · #647 in Scotland (2025) · #1,066 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #4,481 in France (2024) · #13,648 in Italy (2023) · #5,747 in Ecuador (2016).

Famous Hayeses

Hayes MacArthur — American comedian and actor (born 1977)
Hayes Alan Jenkins — American figure skater (born 1933)
Hayes Carll — American musician (born 1976)
Hayes Jones — American athlete (born 1938)
Hayes Davenport — American writer, podcast host, and television producer (born 1986)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 194,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Rutherford B. Hayes — President of the United States from 1877 to 1881 (1822–1893)
Helen Hayes — American actress (1900–1993)
Isaac Hayes — American musician and actor (1942–2008)

In stories & tradition

Hayes^nl — Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)

What Hayeses become

Among 39 notable people named Hayes:

Entertainers appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hayes MacArthur, American comedian and actor (born 1977).

Similar names: Arlo · Ayaan · Callan · Rhys · Hank · Knox

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