Hoyle

Boy · recorded 1907–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

0183519071925194219601977

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Hoyle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190734
191233
191333
191421
191515
191626
191735
191824
191927
192024
192123
192227
192329
192420
192534
192629
192720
192828
192927
193017
193127
193224
193317
193422
193522
193622
193723
193823
193917
194018
194115
194212
194313
194412
194514
194612
19479
194810
19499
19507
19515
19525
19537
19546
19555
19562
19574
19583
19593
19602
19614
19622
19632
19644
19673
19715
19773

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hoyle isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#5,845
How rare
1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1907
1,003

Hoyle was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1917, at 35 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hoyle doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.