Hoyt
Hoyt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. Its best rank was 429th, in 1909.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 550.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922171 births
- Best rank
- #429in 1909
- Since 1880
- 8,518people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,518 boys have been named Hoyt in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 171 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 80 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hoyt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 110 | |
| 1900s | 183 | |
| 1910s | 976 | |
| 1920s | 1,553 | |
| 1930s | 1,251 | |
| 1940s | 929 | |
| 1950s | 718 | |
| 1960s | 557 | |
| 1970s | 267 | |
| 1980s | 168 | |
| 1990s | 129 | |
| 2000s | 305 | |
| 2010s | 959 | |
| 2020s | 360 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Hoyt was the 471st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Hoyt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hollispeak 1921
- Olenpeak 1922
- Everettepeak 1919
- Elvinpeak 1927
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Alvispeak 1924
- Wilmerpeak 1920
- Harlandpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.