Hayes

Girl's name · #2143 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

4% girls · 96% boys — About 96% of babies named Hayes in recent years have been boys. Hayes →

Popularity over time

Hayes is near its high-water mark: it reached #1953 in 2020 and still ranked #2143 in 2025. About 960 girls have carried it since 1993.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,475 in Canada (2025) · #4,196 in Ecuador (1982).

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)

Among 39 notable people named Hayes:

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