How Many People Are Named Hoy?
people named Hoy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,761,777 people in the US has this name
Based on 825 babies named Hoy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hoy in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hoy alive today is about 69 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hoy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 36 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Hoy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #710, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #710 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,670 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hoy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hoy were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hoy was given about 35.5 times as often in West Virginia.
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