Masculine dossier · first seen 1880
Hayes
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2024
Peak births
2,255
Current vitality
Healthy
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Hayes
How many people are named Hayes?
An estimated 19,153 living Americans are named Hayes.
How rare is Hayes?
Hayes is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 2,240 boys receiving the name in 2025.
How old is the typical Hayes?
The median age of a living American named Hayes is approximately 6 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 10 years old.
Is Hayes still popular?
Yes — Hayes is currently rising in popularity, with 2,240 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 5× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Hayes most common?
Hayes has its strongest geographic signal in Louisiana, where it appears 7.8× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 20242025
Peak year
2024
Decline from peak
0.7%
2025
2,240
All-time
20,925
Where it lives now
Hayes is most concentrated in South Dakota — about 5.6× the national rate in the 2020s.
States where Hayes is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.