Hoyle
- Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,003since 1907
Hoyle over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hoyle has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | |
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| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Hoyle! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hoyle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hoyle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1925 at #1,144 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,921
- Highest: 1 in 28,921 boys born in 1917 were named Hoyle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,644 boys born in 1977 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,144 in 1925, was only 1 in 29,366 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 28.7% of all boys named Hoyle (288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 163 | #1,203 (1917) | #1,481 |
| 1920s | 288 | #1,144 (1925) | #1,387 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,302 (1931) | #1,453 |
| 1940s | 178 | #1,471 (1940) | #1,702 |
| 1950s | 93 | #2,111 (1950) | #2,829 |
| 1960s | 36 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,705 |
| 1970s | 13 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,752 |
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.
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