Hoy
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 825since 1880
Hoy over time
Rank among boys' names. Hoy has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
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| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #1,827 | 19 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hoy was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hoy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,537)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #682 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1910
- Highest: 1 in 13,811 boys born in 1880 were named Hoy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 26.1% of all boys named Hoy (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #682 (1880) | #813 |
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,243 |
| 1910s | 160 | #928 (1910) | #1,542 |
| 1920s | 215 | #1,194 (1923) | #1,761 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,405 (1933) | #1,914 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,833 (1943) | #2,211 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,962 |
| 1960s | 42 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,719 |
| 1970s | 29 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,121 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hoy in 1882
Top boys' names in 1882
More about 1882
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113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Hoy, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.