Hovie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hovie

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Hovie between 1920 and 1948, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hovie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hovie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hovie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hovie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hovie 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 10 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.