Hayk
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HIKE
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Hayk is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Hayk mean?
Armenian legendary name
Hayk is the legendary patriarch of the Armenians, who in myth defeated the tyrant Bel.
Is Hayk a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Hayk, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Hayk in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hayk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Hayk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Hamza Musa Zahir Zamir Muhammad Saif Zayan Zayn Nazir Ahmir Jamir
Names related to Hayk
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, “Hayk: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayk, updated 20 October 2026.