Hoover — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hoover

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,120 babies named Hoover between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hoover currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 256 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hoover performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 578 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Hoover shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hoover in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hoover in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,120 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.