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Bryce Harper welcomes fourth baby with wife Kayla two days before start of NLDS matchup

Ryan Brennan | October 6, 2025

Bryce Harper gained another fan last week — two days ahead of his 2025 playoff debut. 

On Oct. 4, Bryce Harper and wife Kayla Harper, who have been married since 2016, according to People, took to Instagram to announce the birth of their fourth child and second son.

In the caption of their joint post, Kayla revealed that the baby boy’s name was Hayes Three Harper. 

“Decided to add more chaos to Red October,” she wrote alongside a photo of Hayes wearing a white and blue baseball-themed onesie while laying next to a stuffed Phillie Phanatic. 

According to the photo, Hayes was born at 9:02 p.m. on Oct. 2. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. at time of birth. 

His name has both English and Irish origins, according to Behind the Name

It either comes from a place name derived from the Old English word hæg, meaning “enclosure” or “fence,” or an Irish surname meaning “son of Aodh,” with Aodh meaning “fire” in Old Irish. 

Hayes has been growing in popularity in recent years — entering the Social Security Administration’s top-500 in 2016 and most recently peaking at 160th in 2024 (its highest-ever ranking in the U.S.). 

It was given to a total of 2,249 baby boys in 2024, per the SSA.

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The little boy’s middle name, Three, is a nod to the number his father wears on the back of his jersey. 

Harper originally wore No. 34 during his seven-year stint with the Washington Nationals, but chose to wear No. 3 after signing with the Phillies in 2019 out of respect for former Phillies’ pitcher Roy Halladay. 

"Of course I wore 34 (in Washington), but I thought Roy Halladay should be the last one to wear it (in Philadelphia)," Harper told reporters at the time, per USA Today.

Halladay, who spent four years with the club, died in a plane crash in 2017. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019 and had his jersey number retired by the Phillies two years later. 

Kayla and Bryce Harper now have two boys and two girls

Harper and his wife started dating in high school and first got engaged in 2014, according to People

The pair briefly split in 2015 before announcing their second engagement in July 2016 and tying the knot later that year in a private ceremony in San Diego. 

Their newest son Hayes joins his three siblings at home — brother Krew, 6, and sisters Brooklyn, 4, and Kamryn, 1. 

The couple announced their fourth pregnancy on April 14 with a surprise gender reveal — and enlisted Harper’s teammate Trea Turner for help. 

Turner, who knew of the baby’s gender, was given a pink and blue bat ahead of the Phillies’ April 14 game against the San Francisco Giants. Prior to Harper’s first at-bat, Turner gave him the blue-colored bat. 

“Baby BOY Harper coming 2025,” Kayla wrote in an April 21 Instagram post. “We’re so excited to add another boy to the family to even us out.”

Though Harper struck out with the blue bat in his hand, the gender reveal was still a home run idea.

As for Bryce Harper’s baby news on Oct. 4, it came just a few hours before the Phillies’ first playoff game of the 2025 season against the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

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The Dodgers ended up beating the Phillies 5-3 in Game 1 of the NLDS. Harper finished the game with one hit and two strikeouts. The seven-game series continues on Oct. 6 in Philadelphia. 

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