Hobart

Where Hobart comes from

Hobart hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1867
    Hobart Bosworth born
    American film actor, director, writer, and producer
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #836 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1886
    Hobart Cavanaugh born
    American actor
  4. 1896
    Peak, #128
    135 babies named Hobart — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #279.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Hobart Bosworth · American film actor, director, writer, and producer, 1867–1943
  • Hobart Cavanaugh · American actor, 1886–1950
  • Hobart Henley · American actor and film director, 1887–1964
  • Hobart R. Gay · United States Army general, 1894–1983
  • Hobart Alter · American businessman, 1933–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.