Hayes

Where Hayes comes from

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hayes
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1933
    Hayes Alan Jenkins born
    United States figure skater
  3. 1938
    Hayes Jones born
    American athletics competitor
  4. 2024
    Peak, #160
    2,255 babies named Hayes — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Hayes Jones · American athletics competitor, born 1938
  • Hayes Alan Jenkins · United States figure skater, born 1933
  • Hayes MacArthur · American stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born 1977
  • Hayes Gordon · American actor, 1920–1999
  • Hayes Alvis · musician, 1907–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.