Hoover
Hoover is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 363rd, in 1928.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1928256 births
- Best rank
- #363in 1928
- Since 1913
- 1,120people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,120 boys have been named Hoover in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 256 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 256 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 52%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1928, its biggest year
Hoover was the 363rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Hoover
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edselpeak 1927
- Juniorpeak 1926
- Normandpeak 1929
- Remopeak 1932
- Alvanpeak 1927
- Verlynpeak 1928
- Clearencepeak 1927
- Fernandpeak 1923
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.