Hoyle Popularity by Year
Follow Hoyle across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Hoyle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 2,187 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Up 308 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 916 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 998 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 15 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 936 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Up 941 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 419 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 60 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 737 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Up 1,120 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 5 | #3,942 | Down 1,384 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Down 242 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Down 130 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 13 | #2,186 | Up 494 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 185 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 10 | #2,495 | Down 384 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 13 | #2,111 | Down 239 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 16 | #1,872 | Down 114 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 18 | #1,758 | Up 158 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 16 | #1,916 | Down 274 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 19 | #1,642 | Down 106 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 19 | #1,536 | Up 202 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 16 | #1,738 | Down 39 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 18 | #1,699 | Up 100 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 16 | #1,799 | Down 211 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 19 | #1,588 | Down 117 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 21 | #1,471 | Up 61 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 19 | #1,532 | Down 222 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 26 | #1,310 | Up 62 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 24 | #1,372 | Up 12 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 23 | #1,384 | Up 38 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 23 | #1,422 | Up 3 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 23 | #1,425 | Up 282 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 17 | #1,707 | Down 320 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 25 | #1,387 | Down 85 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 28 | #1,302 | Up 391 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 19 | #1,693 | Down 381 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 29 | #1,312 | Down 19 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 31 | #1,293 | Up 310 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 23 | #1,603 | Down 325 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 32 | #1,278 | Down 134 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 38 | #1,144 | Up 484 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 23 | #1,628 | Down 353 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 32 | #1,275 | Up 92 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 29 | #1,367 | Up 142 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 25 | #1,509 | Down 52 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 26 | #1,457 | Down 49 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 26 | #1,408 | Up 91 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 24 | #1,499 | Down 296 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 32 | #1,203 | Up 256 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 23 | #1,459 | Up 611 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 13 | #2,070 | Down 383 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 14 | #1,687 | Down 431 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 17 | #1,256 | Up 12 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 14 | #1,268 | Up 77 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 5 | #1,345 | — |