Quick answers about Hoover
How many people are named Hoover?
An estimated 164 living Americans are named Hoover.
How rare is Hoover?
Hoover fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Hoover?
The median age of a living American named Hoover is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 62 and 73 years old.
Is Hoover still popular?
Not especially. Hoover has been declining since its 1928 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Hoover most common?
Hoover has its strongest geographic signal in North Carolina, where it appears 4.5× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Hoover is most concentrated in North Carolina — about 4.5× the national rate in the 1920s. It also runs high in Alabama.
States where Hoover is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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