Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Hoover

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hoover
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1928

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

256

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1913Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,120

Hoover is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 256 boys were named Hoover.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,120 Americans have been named Hoover and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1928

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