Hoover
#4,459 most common boys' name of all time · #10,954 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1913–2022
Rank among boys
#4,459
Rank overall
#10,954 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,127
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1928 #364
Best rank
#364 1928
Girls
Boys
peak 256/yr
Hoover first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,962 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,301 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,221 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,551 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,914 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,199 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,090 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,212 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,235 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,475 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,978 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,360 |
| 1958 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,998 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,145 |
| 1955 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,829 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,401 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,633 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,522 |
| 1951 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,441 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,700 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,933 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,752 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,319 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,831 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,575 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,220 |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 1932 | — | 64 | 64 | #801 |
| 1931 | — | 49 | 49 | #938 |
| 1930 | — | 92 | 92 | #643 |
| 1929 | 7 | 205 | 212 | #410 |
| 1928 | — | 256 | 256 | #364 |
| 1927 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,143 |
| 1926 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,081 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,397 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,312 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,376 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,574 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,030 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,982 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,159 |