Boy or Girl

Is Hoyt a boy or girl name?

Hoyt is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 55 boys were named Hoyt, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.1% of the 8,528 US babies named Hoyt were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#2,483
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Hoyt since 1880
8,528
Most popular year
1922
176 babies
Babies named Hoyt each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Hoyt from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Hoyt, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s5300%
1890s11000%
1900s18300%
1910s97600%
1920s1,553100.6%
1930s1,25100%
1940s92900%
1950s71800%
1960s55700%
1970s26700%
1980s16800%
1990s12900%
2000s30500%
2010s95900%
2020s36000%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202455#2,4830–
202364#2,2300–
202286#1,8560–
202182#1,8730–
202073#1,9690–
201986#1,7970–
201893#1,6910–
2017100#1,6050–
2016107#1,5460–
2015124#1,3890–
201494#1,6460–
2013101#1,5590–
201295#1,6290–
201181#1,7870–
201078#1,8590–
200954#2,3890–
200851#2,4860–
200745#2,7000–
200637#2,9970–
200532#3,1900–
200426#3,5690–
200315#5,1290–
200215#4,9960–
200119#4,1860–
200011#6,0630–
199916#4,4340–
199814#4,7390–
199719#3,6540–
19968#6,7300–
199511#5,2850–
199413#4,6250–
19939#5,9360–
199211#5,0150–
199115#3,8900–
199013#4,2600–
198910#4,9630–
198815#3,4190–
198727#2,1860–
19869#4,6180–
198530#1,9340–
19849#4,3440–
198320#2,4450–
198213#3,3760–
198119#2,5270–
198016#2,8780–
197922#2,2680–
197812#3,2860–
197725#1,9650–
197624#2,0210–
197527#1,8090–
197429#1,6730–
197327#1,7150–
197232#1,5220–
197131#1,5740–
197038#1,3580–
196949#1,1160–
196847#1,0920–
196758#9510–
196663#9210–
196569#8840–
196450#1,0760–
196349#1,0980–
196261#9770–
196160#1,0080–
196051#1,0880–
195968#9320–
195848#1,1070–
195770#9120–
195657#9950–
195581#8150–
195485#7760–
195379#8090–
195270#8380–
195189#7380–
195071#8100–
194983#7570–
194893#6950–
194789#7300–
1946100#6460–
194577#6930–
194498#6210–
194394#6630–
1942111#5950–
194196#6170–
194088#6370–
1939102#5670–
1938123#5230–
1937109#5570–
1936115#5350–
1935125#5140–
1934115#5510–
1933124#5040–
1932144#4790–
1931132#4990–
1930162#4660–
1929147#4850–
1928141#5090–
1927145#5020–
1926154#4850–
1925140#5180–
1924171#4745#5,421
1923167#4710–
1922171#4715#5,347
1921153#4980–
1920164#4760–
1919153#4830–
1918161#4660–
1917141#4840–
1916123#5120–
1915117#5160–
191490#5170–
191379#4880–
191249#5740–
191137#4850–
191026#5610–
190934#4290–
190825#5050–
190724#4810–
190619#5310–
190513#6850–
190414#6290–
190312#6740–
190212#6690–
190119#4430–
190011#8120–
189910#6790–
189813#6190–
18979#7550–
189611#6980–
189512#6240–
18947#9090–
18936#9630–
189215#5320–
189113#5100–
189014#5210–
18895#1,0350–
18880–0–
188710#6090–
18867#8020–
18856#8780–
18848#7240–
18836#8390–
18826#8900–
18810–0–
18805#9790–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Hoyt reached #429 in 1909. As a girl name, it reached #5,347 in 1922. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.