Hoover
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #3,682 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 256 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,120since 1913
Hoover over time
Rank among boys' names. Hoover has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
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| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
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| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #640 | 92 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #406 | 205 |
| 1928 | — | #362 | 256 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,648 | 21 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Hoover! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hoover is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#135 · 1 in 764
- Hawaii#136 · 1 in 693
- Arkansas#155 · 1 in 937
- Tennessee#162 · 1 in 1,209
- Alabama#176 · 1 in 1,133
Best ever in a state: #135 in North Carolina, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #135 | 45 | 1 in 764 |
| Hawaii | #136 | 5 | 1 in 693 |
| Arkansas | #155 | 18 | 1 in 937 |
| Tennessee | #162 | 20 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Alabama | #176 | 24 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Virginia | #178 | 18 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Florida | #207 | 9 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Georgia | #208 | 17 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Kentucky | #210 | 16 | 1 in 1,606 |
| Mississippi | #242 | 11 | 1 in 1,813 |
| Oklahoma | #265 | 10 | 1 in 2,286 |
| South Carolina | #267 | 8 | 1 in 2,294 |
| West Virginia | #300 | 6 | 1 in 2,995 |
| California | #377 | 9 | 1 in 4,168 |
| Michigan | #444 | 5 | 1 in 8,357 |
| Texas | #532 | 11 | 1 in 5,275 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hoover
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 766 spots in 1928 (#1,128 → #362)
- Biggest drop: 568 spots in 1933 (#793 → #1,361)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1928 at #362 (256 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1928–1932
- Highest: 1 in 4,327 boys born in 1928 were named Hoover (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 51.6% of all boys named Hoover (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 51 | #1,648 (1918) | #2,312 |
| 1920s | 578 | #362 (1928) | #2,131 |
| 1930s | 270 | #640 (1930) | #1,637 |
| 1940s | 24 | #2,802 (1949) | #3,249 |
| 1950s | 123 | #1,791 (1955) | #2,379 |
| 1960s | 44 | #2,871 (1960) | #3,626 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,724 |
| 1980s | 19 | #5,200 (1988) | #5,891 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hoover in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 4,327 of them was named Hoover, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).