Hays
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 740since 1880
Hays over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hays has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,399 | 17 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,362 | 23 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hays was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hays is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hays in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hays
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 544 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #5,399)
- 108 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #5,399)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1905
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,303
- Highest: 1 in 18,303 boys born in 1904 were named Hays (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #909 in 1880, was only 1 in 22,098 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 20.7% of all boys named Hays (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 12 | #966 (1904) | #1,100 |
| 1910s | 83 | #1,415 (1916) | #2,326 |
| 1920s | 105 | #1,648 (1921) | #2,816 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,214 (1933) | #3,064 |
| 1940s | 45 | #2,403 (1946) | #3,166 |
| 1950s | 24 | #3,257 (1957) | #3,527 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,136 (1968) | #4,136 |
| 1970s | 17 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,558 |
| 1980s | 25 | #4,333 (1985) | #6,232 |
| 1990s | 20 | #6,314 (1998) | #8,006 |
| 2000s | 82 | #6,094 (2006) | #7,809 |
| 2010s | 153 | #4,138 (2014) | #6,091 |
| 2020s | 121 | #4,200 (2024) | #4,864 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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