Hovig — boys' name
11 babies named Hovig in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Hovig was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Hovig in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hovig
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Hovig between 1990 and 1992, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hovig currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hovig performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hovig in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hovig 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 11 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.
Hovig at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hovig popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
11 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 6 births in a single year.
Hovig by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Hovig's all-time total
Hovig decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Hovig's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Hovig by state
Where Hovig concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 54.5% |
6 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 54.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 54.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.