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Boy · Old English or Irish Gaelic
Hayes
Say it: HAYZ
Meaning
From an English surname from Old English (ge)hæg 'enclosure', and an Irish surname Ó hAodha 'descendant of Aodh' (aodh 'fire').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose as an American boys' name in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 11,828 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 1,200 boys
- 1,539 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hays
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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