How Many People Are Named Hoover?
people named Hoover are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,798,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,127 babies named Hoover in Social Security records from 1913 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
256 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hoover (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hoover alive today is about 68 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hoover first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1928, to 256 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Hoover has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #363, in 1928.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #363 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #901 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hoover alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hoover were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hoover was given 5.6 times as often in North Carolina, 5.2 times in Alabama and 4.6 times in Virginia.
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