Hoyt
Last seen for girls in 1924 at #5,061 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,562since 1880
Hoyt over time
Rank among boys' names. Hoyt has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,833 | 44 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,476 | 55 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,221 | 64 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,852 | 86 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,870 | 82 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,962 | 73 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,790 | 86 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,687 | 93 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,605 | 100 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,548 | 107 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,388 | 124 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,641 | 94 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,557 | 101 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,626 | 95 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,780 | 81 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,850 | 78 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,381 | 54 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,979 | 37 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,172 | 32 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,496 | 19 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,659 | 29 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,351 | 38 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,110 | 49 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #948 | 58 | |
| 1966 | — | #916 | 63 | |
| 1965 | — | #881 | 69 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,093 | 49 | |
| 1962 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,001 | 60 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #926 | 68 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,104 | 48 | |
| 1957 | — | #908 | 70 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #812 | 81 | |
| 1954 | — | #772 | 85 | |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #836 | 70 | |
| 1951 | — | #736 | 89 | |
| 1950 | — | #806 | 71 | |
| 1949 | — | #754 | 83 | |
| 1948 | — | #691 | 93 | |
| 1947 | — | #727 | 89 | |
| 1946 | — | #642 | 100 | |
| 1945 | — | #692 | 77 | |
| 1944 | — | #620 | 98 | |
| 1943 | — | #662 | 94 | |
| 1942 | — | #591 | 111 | |
| 1941 | — | #613 | 96 | |
| 1940 | — | #635 | 88 | |
| 1939 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1938 | — | #522 | 123 | |
| 1937 | — | #556 | 109 | |
| 1936 | — | #534 | 115 | |
| 1935 | — | #514 | 125 | |
| 1934 | — | #551 | 115 | |
| 1933 | — | #504 | 124 | |
| 1932 | — | #478 | 144 | |
| 1931 | — | #498 | 132 | |
| 1930 | — | #466 | 162 | |
| 1929 | — | #483 | 147 | |
| 1928 | — | #508 | 141 | |
| 1927 | — | #502 | 145 | |
| 1926 | — | #484 | 154 | |
| 1925 | — | #516 | 140 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #472 | 171 |
| 1923 | — | #470 | 167 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #470 | 171 |
| 1921 | — | #498 | 153 | |
| 1920 | — | #475 | 164 | |
| 1919 | — | #483 | 153 | |
| 1918 | — | #466 | 161 | |
| 1917 | — | #484 | 141 | |
| 1916 | — | #509 | 123 | |
| 1915 | — | #515 | 117 | |
| 1914 | — | #516 | 90 | |
| 1913 | — | #487 | 79 | |
| 1912 | — | #574 | 49 | |
| 1911 | — | #481 | 37 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #428 | 34 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hoyt was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hoyt
- 357 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #2,833)
- 871 spots since 2020 (#1,962 → #2,833)
- 1,445 spots since 2015 (#1,388 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1890 (#974 → #511)
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1893 (#525 → #907)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #428 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 69 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1889–1957
- Highest: 1 in 4,823 boys born in 1909 were named Hoyt (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all boys named Hoyt (1,553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #583 (1887) | #800 |
| 1890s | 110 | #497 (1891) | #658 |
| 1900s | 183 | #428 (1909) | #573 |
| 1910s | 976 | #466 (1918) | #507 |
| 1920s | 1,553 | #470 (1922) | #488 |
| 1930s | 1,251 | #466 (1930) | #519 |
| 1940s | 929 | #591 (1942) | #663 |
| 1950s | 718 | #736 (1951) | #869 |
| 1960s | 557 | #881 (1965) | #1,016 |
| 1970s | 267 | #1,351 (1970) | #1,896 |
| 1980s | 168 | #1,916 (1985) | #3,194 |
| 1990s | 129 | #3,601 (1997) | #4,737 |
| 2000s | 305 | #2,381 (2009) | #3,721 |
| 2010s | 959 | #1,388 (2015) | #1,647 |
| 2020s | 404 | #1,852 (2022) | #2,202 |
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.
Hoyt in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Hoyt, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,363 of them was named Hoyt, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.