Hades
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-deez
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Hades is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Hades mean?
Greek: name of the Greek god of the underworld
In Greek myth, Hades is the god of the dead and ruler of the underworld, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
Is Hades a girl's or a boy's name?
Hades is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hades in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Hades, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Hades of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Hades in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hades in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Hades
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares Azai Hamza Musa Khaza Atlas Zayan Zamir Zahir Azaiah Atreus Zymir
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hades: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hades, updated 20 October 2026.