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

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Peak · boys
#428
1909 · 34 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,562
since 1880

Hoyt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hoyt has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #428, 1909boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,83344
2024—#2,47655
2023—#2,22164
2022—#1,85286
2021—#1,87082
2020—#1,96273
2019—#1,79086
2018—#1,68793
2017—#1,605100
2016—#1,548107
2015—#1,388124
2014—#1,64194
2013—#1,557101
2012—#1,62695
2011—#1,78081
2010—#1,85078
2009—#2,38154
2008—#2,46751
2007—#2,68445
2006—#2,97937
2005—#3,17232
2004—#3,53426
2003—#5,03515
2002—#4,91915
2001—#4,12119
2000—#5,92011
1999—#4,34116
1998—#4,65014
1997—#3,60119
1996—#6,4968
1995—#5,12411
1994—#4,53713
1993—#5,7719
1992—#4,87211
1991—#3,81315
1990—#4,16713
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,35015
1987—#2,16927
1986—#4,4579
1985—#1,91630
1984—#4,2159
1983—#2,40820
1982—#3,28213
1981—#2,49619
1980—#2,83116
1979—#2,23622
1978—#3,21512
1977—#1,94825
1976—#1,99924
1975—#1,78727
1974—#1,65929
1973—#1,69627
1972—#1,50832
1971—#1,56031
1970—#1,35138
1969—#1,11049
1968—#1,08347
1967—#94858
1966—#91663
1965—#88169
1964—#1,07050
1963—#1,09349
1962—#97361
1961—#1,00160
1960—#1,08351
1959—#92668
1958—#1,10448
1957—#90870
1956—#98657
1955—#81281
1954—#77285
1953—#80579
1952—#83670
1951—#73689
1950—#80671
1949—#75483
1948—#69193
1947—#72789
1946—#642100
1945—#69277
1944—#62098
1943—#66294
1942—#591111
1941—#61396
1940—#63588
1939—#565102
1938—#522123
1937—#556109
1936—#534115
1935—#514125
1934—#551115
1933—#504124
1932—#478144
1931—#498132
1930—#466162
1929—#483147
1928—#508141
1927—#502145
1926—#484154
1925—#516140
1924#5,0615#472171
1923—#470167
1922#5,0095#470171
1921—#498153
1920—#475164
1919—#483153
1918—#466161
1917—#484141
1916—#509123
1915—#515117
1914—#51690
1913—#48779
1912—#57449
1911—#48137
1910—#55626
1909—#42834
1908—#49925
1907—#47224
1906—#52319
1905—#66613
1904—#61214
1903—#65612
1902—#65112
1901—#43319
1900—#78511
1899—#66110
1898—#61113
1897—#7259
1896—#67411
1895—#60912
1894—#8577
1893—#9076
1892—#52515
1891—#49713
1890—#51114
1889—#9745
1888——
1887—#58310
1886—#7587
1885—#8366
1884—#7018
1883—#7996
1882—#8376
1881——
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1909 at #428 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1889–1957
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,823
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.1% of all boys named Hoyt (1,553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s53#583 (1887)#800
1890s110#497 (1891)#658
1900s183#428 (1909)#573
1910s976#466 (1918)#507
1920s1,553#470 (1922)#488
1930s1,251#466 (1930)#519
1940s929#591 (1942)#663
1950s718#736 (1951)#869
1960s557#881 (1965)#1,016
1970s267#1,351 (1970)#1,896
1980s168#1,916 (1985)#3,194
1990s129#3,601 (1997)#4,737
2000s305#2,381 (2009)#3,721
2010s959#1,388 (2015)#1,647
2020s404#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 1958

boys
#1,104
48 births · 1 in 44,217 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #1,104Hoyt48
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 44,217 of them was named Hoyt, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hoyt
  1. #1,091Mickel49
  2. #1,091Quincy49
  3. #1,091Verne49
  4. #1,104Hoyt48
  5. #1,104Edgardo48
  6. #1,104Gerold48
  7. #1,104Harmon48
  8. #1,114Arlin47
  9. #1,114Barron47
  10. #1,114Clarke47

Tied with 9 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958 →