Hoyt — #2471 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hoyt

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,518 babies named Hoyt between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hoyt currently holds the #2471 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 171 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hoyt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hoyt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 1,285 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hoyt in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hoyt 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 8,518 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.