Hoyt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOYT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Hoyt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stick; tall thin person”. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Hoyt mean?
English: surname from Middle English hoit
“stick; tall thin person”
Is Hoyt a girl's or a boy's name?
Hoyt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hoyt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Hoyt, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,962nd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 171 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Hoyt than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Hoyt in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hoyt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 86 | #1,852 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 73 | #1,962 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,605 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,548 |
| 2015 | 124 | #1,388 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,641 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,557 |
| 2012 | 95 | #1,625 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,779 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 58 | #948 |
| 1966 | 63 | #916 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,092 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,000 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 68 | #925 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1957 | 70 | #907 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 81 | #811 |
| 1954 | 85 | #771 |
| 1953 | 79 | #804 |
| 1952 | 70 | #835 |
| 1951 | 89 | #735 |
| 1950 | 71 | #805 |
| 1949 | 83 | #753 |
| 1948 | 93 | #690 |
| 1947 | 89 | #726 |
| 1946 | 100 | #642 |
| 1945 | 77 | #692 |
| 1944 | 98 | #620 |
| 1943 | 94 | #662 |
| 1942 | 111 | #591 |
| 1941 | 96 | #613 |
| 1940 | 88 | #635 |
| 1939 | 102 | #565 |
| 1938 | 123 | #522 |
| 1937 | 109 | #556 |
| 1936 | 115 | #534 |
| 1935 | 125 | #514 |
| 1934 | 115 | #551 |
| 1933 | 124 | #504 |
| 1932 | 144 | #478 |
| 1931 | 132 | #498 |
| 1930 | 162 | #466 |
| 1929 | 147 | #483 |
| 1928 | 141 | #508 |
| 1927 | 145 | #502 |
| 1926 | 154 | #484 |
| 1925 | 140 | #516 |
| 1924 | 171 | #472 |
| 1923 | 167 | #470 |
| 1922 | 171 | #470 |
| 1921 | 153 | #498 |
| 1920 | 164 | #475 |
| 1919 | 153 | #483 |
| 1918 | 161 | #466 |
| 1917 | 141 | #484 |
| 1916 | 123 | #509 |
| 1915 | 117 | #515 |
| 1914 | 90 | #516 |
| 1913 | 79 | #487 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 |
| 1911 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 34 | #428 |
| 1908 | 25 | #499 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 14 | #511 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Hoyt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hoyt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hoyt, updated 20 October 2026.