Hoover Popularity by Year
Follow Hoover across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Hoover birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Down 5,663 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 8 | #5,200 | Up 889 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | Up 296 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 1,661 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 5 | #4,724 | Down 1,617 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 8 | #3,107 | Up 823 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Up 109 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 5 | #4,039 | Up 9 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 15 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 677 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Down 485 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 9 | #2,871 | Down 576 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 13 | #2,295 | Down 342 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 17 | #1,953 | Up 541 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 11 | #2,494 | Down 403 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 15 | #2,091 | Down 300 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 19 | #1,791 | Up 525 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Up 215 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Up 842 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 6 | #3,373 | Down 1,006 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 11 | #2,367 | Up 213 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 9 | #2,580 | Up 222 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 8 | #2,802 | Up 758 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 55 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Down 375 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 6 | #3,130 | Down 450 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 8 | #2,680 | Down 228 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 9 | #2,452 | Down 325 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 12 | #2,127 | Down 6 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 12 | #2,121 | Down 760 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 24 | #1,361 | Down 568 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 64 | #793 | Up 129 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 49 | #922 | Down 282 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 92 | #640 | Down 234 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 205 | #406 | Down 44 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 7 | #3,682 | — |
| 1928 | Boys | 256 | #362 | Up 766 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 40 | #1,128 | Up 659 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 19 | #1,787 | Up 1,149 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 9 | #2,936 | Up 324 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Down 1,036 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 14 | #2,224 | Up 1,308 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 7 | #3,532 | Down 318 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 8 | #3,214 | Down 755 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 12 | #2,459 | Up 418 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 9 | #2,877 | Down 1,229 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 21 | #1,648 | Up 252 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 16 | #1,900 | Up 921 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | — |