Is Hays a boy or girl name?

Hays is a boy’s name. Of the 745 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.

Hays

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Hays was most popular in 2024, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,934 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 745 people named Hays.

Hays over time

Births per year. The dot marks Hays’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Hays a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Hays is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 745 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Hays

Where Hays is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org