Hovsep — boys' name
33 babies named Hovsep in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Hovsep was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Hovsep in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hovsep
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Hovsep between 1985 and 2005, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hovsep currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hovsep performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hovsep shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hovsep in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hovsep 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 33 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.
Hovsep at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hovsep popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1985
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
33 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 7 births in a single year.
Hovsep by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 52% of Hovsep's all-time total
Hovsep decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Hovsep's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Hovsep by state
Where Hovsep concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 63.6% |
21 of 33 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 63.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 63.6% 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, 1985–2005 (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.