Hayato
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
Hayato is a boys' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hayato mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hayato a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayato is a boys' name.
How popular is Hayato in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Hayato in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hayato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
Names like Hayato
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hiro, Hamza, Dakota, Muhammad, Kairo, Ibrahim, Kenzo, Yusuf, Abdullah, Mustafa, Mikko, Tru
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya
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, “Hayato: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayato, updated 20 October 2026.