Hoyt
Hoyt was given to 44 boys in 2025, #2,853 among boys’ names; 8,572 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,650 Americans named Hoyt and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 12 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hoyt by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hoyt mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hoyt is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hoyt?
#2,853 among boys’ names, 2025
Hoyt fell from #1,390 in 2015 to #2,853 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 64.7 to 25.8 per million.
176 babies in 1922, the peak
Hoyt peaked in 1922, when 176 babies were given it (171 boys, #471 among boys’ names). The 44 births of 2025 are 25% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,853 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,487 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,232 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 86 | #1,858 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,874 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 73 | #1,970 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,797 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,691 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,606 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,548 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 124 | #1,390 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,646 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,559 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 95 | #1,628 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,786 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,858 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,388 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,485 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,700 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,996 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,186 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,565 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,126 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,990 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,181 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,055 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,429 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,734 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,649 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,723 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,279 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,619 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,930 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #5,007 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,254 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,956 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,414 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,182 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,613 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,341 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,444 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,375 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,526 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,877 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,267 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,285 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,020 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,808 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,673 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,357 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,116 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,092 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 58 | #950 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 63 | #921 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 69 | #884 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,096 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 61 | #976 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,087 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 68 | #932 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,106 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 70 | #911 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 57 | #994 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 81 | #814 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 85 | #775 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 79 | #808 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 70 | #837 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 89 | #737 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 71 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 83 | #756 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 93 | #694 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 89 | #729 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 100 | #645 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 77 | #693 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 98 | #621 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 94 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 111 | #595 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 96 | #617 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 88 | #637 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 102 | #567 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 123 | #523 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 109 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 115 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 125 | #514 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 115 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 124 | #504 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 144 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 132 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 162 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 147 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 141 | #509 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 145 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 154 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 140 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 171 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 167 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 171 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 153 | #498 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 164 | #476 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 153 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 161 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 141 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 123 | #512 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 117 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 90 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 79 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 37 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 26 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 34 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 25 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 24 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 19 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 13 | #685 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 14 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 12 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 12 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 19 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 11 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 10 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 13 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 9 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 11 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 12 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 7 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 6 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 15 | #532 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 13 | #510 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 14 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 10 | #609 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 7 | #802 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 6 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 8 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 6 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 6 | #889 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #979 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hoyt a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hoyt has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hoyt: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hoyt, and how old are they?
3,650 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 8,572 Americans ever recorded as Hoyt. The median Hoyt alive today is 39 years old; half are between 12 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 3,460 people named Hoyt (19 women and girls, 3,441 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,769 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 358 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 868 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 494 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 220 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hoyt born?
The states with the most babies named Hoyt are Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and South Carolina are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,285 | not ranked | 5.2× |
| Alabama | 908 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| South Carolina | 489 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Texas | 401 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 372 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 371 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Arkansas | 189 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 181 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 76 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Mississippi | 60 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Hoyt is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hoyt is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hoyt with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hoyt
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hoyt and names like it
- Compare Hoyt and OlenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHoyt peaked in 1922.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hoyt since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Hoyt.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hoyt alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.