Hays
#5,728 most common boys' name of all time · #14,280 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#5,728
Rank overall
#14,280 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
745
Since 2016
198
Peak year
2024 #4,206
Best rank
#981 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Hays is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,404 |
| 2024 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,669 |
| 2022 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,704 |
| 2021 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,366 |
| 2020 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,864 |
| 2019 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,344 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,110 |
| 2017 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,752 |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,331 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,517 |
| 2014 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,143 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,132 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,182 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,688 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,822 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,710 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,898 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,603 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,105 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,668 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,538 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,612 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,486 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,864 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,941 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,330 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,823 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,980 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,309 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,357 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,426 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,026 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,002 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,765 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,034 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,558 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,358 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,040 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,760 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,465 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,246 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,549 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,894 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,208 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,207 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,233 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,393 |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,896 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,963 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,536 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,643 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,652 |
| 1921 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,658 |
| 1920 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,355 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,564 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,234 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,087 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,993 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,971 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,280 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #981 |