Hovik
Hovik is a name with a single cultural origin: Armenian.
- Armenian
Meaning & Origin of Hovik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hovik is a name with a single cultural origin: Armenian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Armenian
The Story of Hovik
The earliest SSA record of Hovik as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 6 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Hovik — #9,690 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Hovik on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hovik last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hovik
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hovik. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Hovhannes
- Hovo
- Ohannes
Names that sound like Hovik
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Hovik
Hovik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Hovik's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #9,690. Use the chart and map above to compare Hovik's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.