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“Enclosure, brushwood; or (Irish) descendant of Aodh” — Old English or Irish origin
Girl's name · #2143 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Hayes is near its high-water mark: it reached #1953 in 2020 and still ranked #2143 in 2025. About 960 girls have carried it since 1993. It is also an American family name — about 194,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census. About 96% of babies named Hayes in recent years have been boys.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 39 notable people named Hayes:
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