Hayes
Boy · HAYZ · English
Hayes is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brushwood, or hedged enclosure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 162nd for boys in the US (2,240 babies).
What does Hayes mean?
English: English surname from a place name
“brushwood, or hedged enclosure”
Also an Irish surname, an English form of O hAodha, from Aodh, meaning fire.
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- HAYZ
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Is Hayes a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 87 girls and 2,240 boys in the US.
How popular is Hayes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 139% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Hayes, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd.
2025 had the most boys named Hayes of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Hayes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 37 boys in the UK were given Hayes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #1,033 for this spelling alone.
- Hayes 32
- Haze 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Hayes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Hayes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,240about 1 in 760 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,240 boys in the US were named Hayes, making it the 162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,255 boys. 87 girls were also named Hayes in 2025 (2,139th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Hayes in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,457 boys in the US were given Hayes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #165.
Hayes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,240 | #162 |
| 2024 | 2,255 | #160 |
| 2023 | 1,755 | #209 |
| 2022 | 1,775 | #212 |
| 2021 | 1,606 | #229 |
| 2020 | 1,451 | #245 |
| 2019 | 1,165 | #296 |
| 2018 | 973 | #343 |
| 2017 | 766 | #408 |
| 2016 | 717 | #432 |
| 2015 | 531 | #539 |
| 2014 | 504 | #546 |
| 2013 | 418 | #605 |
| 2012 | 340 | #695 |
| 2011 | 289 | #777 |
| 2010 | 215 | #936 |
| 2009 | 211 | #953 |
| 2008 | 144 | #1,223 |
| 2007 | 146 | #1,206 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,249 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2004 | 79 | #1,626 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 2002 | 76 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 77 | #1,548 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 45 | #983 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1925 | 51 | #945 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 49 | #959 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 45 | #964 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 37 | #898 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 20 | #507 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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