# Hayk (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hayk/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haig, Haik |
| US babies named this | 425 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 425 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Armenian Հայկ (Hayk).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 6,055 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,572 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,757 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,339 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,821 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,643 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,625 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,653 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,919 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,755 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,539 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,121 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,651 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,130 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,795 |

## People named Hayk

- Hayko, Armenian singer (1973–2021)
- Hayk Bzhishkyan, Armenian general in Soviet Army (1887-1937)
- Hayk Demoyan, Armenian academic
- Hayk Marutyan, Armenian actor, Mayor of Yerevan
- Hayk Asatryan, Armenian political theorist (1900–1956)
- Hayk Ishkhanyan, Armenian football player
- Hayk Ghazaryan, Armenian historian (1930-2014)
- Hayk Chobanyan, Armenian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.