Hoyt

Where Hoyt comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hoyt.

Hoyt through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Hoyt Vandenberg born
    U.S. Air Force general
  3. 1909
    Peak, #428
    34 babies named Hoyt, its best rank.
  4. 1938
    Hoyt Axton born
    American musician
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,215.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Hoyt Axton · American musician, 1938–1999
  • Hoyt Vandenberg · U.S. Air Force general, 1899–1954
  • Hoyt Curtin · American composer and music producer, 1922–2000
  • Hoyt Wilhelm · American baseball player, 1922–2002
  • Hoyt Richards · American actor-model, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.