Hays is a rare boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2024.
Hays is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,469 for boy births in the United States (and #11,528 across all names), given to 17 babies. Hays was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2024 (25 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,469 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,242 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #16,068 | #5,753 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,766 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,416 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,920 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,415 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,171 |
| 2017 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,810 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,397 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,597 |
| 2014 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,355 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,409 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,776 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,099 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,266 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,798 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,229 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,875 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,701 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,036 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,796 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,040 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,510 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,501 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | — | #8,175 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,335 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | — | #7,715 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,464 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #6,725 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,273 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,133 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,015 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,369 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,238 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | — | #3,374 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | — | #3,701 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,475 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | — | #3,134 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #3,964 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | — | #2,470 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,627 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | — | #3,361 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,731 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | — | #2,985 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,318 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,308 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | — | #2,282 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,546 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | — | #2,955 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,771 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,098 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | — | #3,903 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | — | #3,009 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,007 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | — | #3,016 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,645 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | — | #2,686 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | — | #2,697 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | — | #1,674 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | — | #2,385 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | — | #3,230 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | — | #2,610 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,370 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | — | #2,108 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #2,030 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #2,003 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #974 |