Hayes: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “hedged area”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- HAYZ · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys (95% of all uses)
Transferred from an English surname derived from place-name elements meaning an enclosure or hedged field. As a first name it reflects surname-style usage.
How popular is Hayes?
Babies named Hayes in 20242,319
2024 rank#160 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188019,546
Hayes is rising: use over the last five years is 5.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Hayes
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Hayes questions
What does the name Hayes mean?
Hayes means "hedged area". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname derived from place-name elements meaning an enclosure or hedged field. As a first name it reflects surname-style usage.
Is Hayes a boy or girl name?
Hayes is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Hayes?
2,319 US babies were named Hayes in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Hayes?
Hayes is usually pronounced HAYZ.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.