Hays Popularity by Year
Follow Hays across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Hays birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 17 | #5,399 | Down 1,199 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 25 | #4,200 | Up 1,466 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 16 | #5,666 | Down 965 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 5 | #15,194 | — |
| 2022 | Boys | 21 | #4,701 | Down 339 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 23 | #4,362 | Up 493 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 19 | #4,855 | Up 485 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 17 | #5,340 | Down 234 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 18 | #5,106 | Down 360 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 20 | #4,746 | Up 572 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 17 | #5,318 | Up 189 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 16 | #5,507 | Down 1,369 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 24 | #4,138 | Up 3,980 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 9 | #8,118 | Up 40 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 9 | #8,158 | Down 2,483 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 15 | #5,675 | Up 3,128 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 8 | #8,803 | Down 1,111 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 2,179 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Down 2,281 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 10 | #7,590 | Down 1,496 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 13 | #6,094 | Up 1,546 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 9 | #7,640 | Down 1,120 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 11 | #6,520 | Up 3,061 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Down 1,125 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Down 1,617 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Up 3,073 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 3,598 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 9 | #6,314 | Up 1,478 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 851 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Up 329 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 2,937 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 9 | #4,333 | Up 2,052 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 1,399 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,023 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Up 761 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 5 | #4,724 | Down 588 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 148 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 731 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 7 | #3,257 | Up 278 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 206 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 319 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 7 | #3,010 | Up 723 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 1,330 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 10 | #2,403 | Up 1,027 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 5 | #3,430 | Down 218 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 6 | #3,212 | Up 293 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Down 634 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 7 | #2,871 | Up 304 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | No rank change |
| 1937 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Down 961 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 11 | #2,214 | Up 1,147 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 6 | #3,361 | Down 497 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Up 728 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 6 | #3,592 | Down 612 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 8 | #2,980 | Up 717 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 6 | #3,697 | Down 785 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 9 | #2,912 | Down 8 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 9 | #2,904 | Up 32 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 9 | #2,936 | Up 569 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 7 | #3,505 | Down 891 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 11 | #2,614 | Up 16 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 11 | #2,630 | Down 982 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 22 | #1,648 | Up 688 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 13 | #2,336 | Up 779 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Down 572 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 11 | #2,543 | Up 674 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 7 | #3,217 | Down 1,802 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 24 | #1,415 | Up 655 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 13 | #2,070 | Down 95 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 11 | #1,975 | Down 30 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 9 | #1,945 | Down 712 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 5 | #1,233 | Down 267 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 7 | #966 | Down 57 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |