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 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
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1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 15,184 of them was named Hoyt, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).