The first name Hayes

In 2025, 28 boys were named Hayes, making it the 1,066th most popular boys’ name.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Hayes with other names.

In 2025, 2,240 boys born in the United States were named Hayes, the 162nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2024, when 2,255 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Hayes Jones
  American athletics competitor (born 1938)
• Hayes MacArthur
  American stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born 1977
• Howard Hayes Scullard
  British historian (1903–1983)
• T. Hayes Hunter
  Film director (1884-1944)
• Hayes Gordon
  American actor (1920-1999)
• Denzel Washington
  American actor (born 1954)

• Tyler
• Alfred
• Blake
• Grayson
• Stanley
• Tom
• Wyatt
• Miles
• Brandon
• Maxwell
• Landon
• Bradley
• Spencer
• Wesley
• Colton
• Hugh

All 216 names of English origin

What does the name Hayes mean?

Hayes means “brushwood”, “enclosure”, “descendant of aodh” in English.

What is the origin of the name Hayes?

*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”).

How popular is the name Hayes?

In 2025, 28 boys born in England and Wales were named Hayes, ranking 1,066th.

Is Hayes a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 96% of the 21,886 US babies named Hayes since 1880 were boys.

When was Hayes most popular?

2024 in the United States, when 2,255 babies were named Hayes, its highest rank at 160th.

How do you pronounce Hayes?

Hayes is /heɪz/, one syllable.

What are other spellings of Hayes?

Heyes.

Is Hayes also a surname?

Yes. Hayes is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.