Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Hayes in π?

It is. Hayes is waiting at decimal place 54,075.

Hayes on the keypad

  1. H4
  2. A2
  3. Y9
  4. E3
  5. S7

Letter by letter, Hayes becomes 42937 (5 digits).

Hayes in the digits

Decimal place 54,075. You'd read about 54,075 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 23 digits back to sellers
  • 2,145 digits back to dollops
  • Leonhard Euler, 1,069 digits on
  • touched, 1,485 digits on

sellers is the nearest famous face, 23 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.

Before landing on you, π tried a different spot 54,074 times.

The name race

Number 607 of 2,007: Hayes beats 69% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Hayes's neighbours on this list

Hayes made our list from the US baby-name charts.

See every name

§ 3

Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Change the board