How Many People Are Named Hays?
An estimated 458 people in the United States have the first name Hays. It is predominantly male (99.3%). The average bearer is 24 years old, and Hays peaked in popularity in 2024 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Hays as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Hays paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
458
About 1 in 748,372 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
99.3% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2024
25 births
Total Registered
728
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Hays
Hays is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 728 total births registered, 99.3% were male.
Hays as a male name
Ranked #4,225 in 2024
25 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (25 births)
Hays as a female name
Ranked #16,055 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2023 (5 births)
Hays: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Hays span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 153 babies were registered. While Hays is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Hays by Decade
How has Hays tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Hays + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Hays as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Hays
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Hays: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Hays?
We estimate approximately 458 people named Hays are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 748,372 Americans share this first name.
Is Hays a common name?
Hays is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 728 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Hays most popular?
Hays reached peak popularity in 2024, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Hays is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Hays a male name?
Hays is predominantly male. 99.3% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Hays Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Hays Smith, Hays Johnson, Hays Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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