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Hoyt

Hoyt was most popular in 1922, when 171 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 2,854 for boys.

8,572babies since 1880
1922most popular year
#429best rank, 1909
#2,854rank in 2025

Babies named Hoyt each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s053
1890s0110
1900s0183
1910s0976
1920s101,553
1930s01,251
1940s0929
1950s0718
1960s0557
1970s0267
1980s0168
1990s0129
2000s0305
2010s0959
2020s0404

Hoyt in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Hoyt.

US England and Wales

1.32.53.851840186018801900192019401960198020002020
CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1922 1 in 6,363 #2,854
England and Wales 1990 1 in 35,637 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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