Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hayk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 425
- 425 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,795 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +57%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,795 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 57.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 906 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hayk’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Hayk is a transliteration of Հայկ. In English usage, Hayk was borrowed from the Armenian form Հայկ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hayk
- HaykoArmenian singer (1973–2021)
- Gaia GaiArmenian general in Soviet Army (1887-1937)
- Hayk AsatryanArmenian political theorist (1900–1956)
- Hayk DemoyanArmenian academicborn 1975
- Hayk MarutyanArmenian actor, Mayor of Yerevanborn 1976
- Hayk GhazaryanArmenian historian (1930-2014)
- Hayk IshkhanyanArmenian football playerborn 1989
- Hayk ChobanyanArmenian politicianborn 1973
- Hayk OrdyanArmenian directorborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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