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Hoyle

Recorded 1907–1977 · United States

Hoyle was most popular in 1925, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,310 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,003 people named Hoyle.

Most popular in1925
Rank that year#2,310
Births that year38
Total since 18801,003
Given to100% boys
Alive today~223
Median age77
OriginOld English

Hoyle over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Hoyle’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Hoyle?

Hoyle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1907, which makes it about 118 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 119 years since. It was last recorded in 1977.

How many people are named Hoyle?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,003 American births named Hoyle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 223 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Hoyle in 2025?

Hoyle was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Hoyle a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Hoyle is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,003 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Hoyle?

Roughly 223 Americans named Hoyle are alive today — 22% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 77 years old, and half are between 69 and 84.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Hoyle is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org