Hobart

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1896 · 135 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,806
since 1885

Hobart over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hobart has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #128, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013#10,7286
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997#8,1106
1996—
1995—
1994#8,8005
1993—
1992—
1991#7,2716
1990#8,1175
1989#6,2297
1988#5,7517
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985#6,5235
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#3,96610
1981—
1980#4,1349
1979#4,0689
1978#3,07013
1977#3,38611
1976#3,26411
1975#2,90213
1974#3,12011
1973#3,01311
1972#2,99111
1971#3,3709
1970#2,62113
1969#2,54912
1968#2,73510
1967#2,47011
1966#1,54025
1965#1,55925
1964#1,79320
1963#1,83919
1962#1,58825
1961#2,14815
1960#1,91018
1959#1,70922
1958#1,48328
1957#1,58325
1956#1,53226
1955#1,33932
1954#1,82618
1953#1,35731
1952#1,29733
1951#1,43027
1950#1,31330
1949#1,29731
1948#1,09142
1947#1,19037
1946#1,12438
1945#1,34924
1944#1,13534
1943#1,17034
1942#93350
1941#1,10835
1940#98243
1939#1,07036
1938#85253
1937#94244
1936#94942
1935#89450
1934#1,02440
1933#88549
1932#78066
1931#71173
1930#71876
1929#70178
1928#71379
1927#63499
1926#66390
1925#621102
1924#547132
1923#582116
1922#546132
1921#534136
1920#559122
1919#64989
1918#519133
1917#594100
1916#62088
1915#62186
1914#90736
1913#75938
1912#89225
1911#58427
1910#70718
1909#71415
1908#77912
1907#55919
1906#52319
1905#63614
1904#61214
1903#69611
1902#50718
1901#40721
1900#43027
1899#31531
1898#27942
1897#148105
1896#128135
1895#50116
1894#8577
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885#8366
1884—
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1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Hobart! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hobart is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hobart
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1896 (#501 → #128)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1912 (#584 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1896 at #128 (135 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1892–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 886
  • Highest: 1 in 886 boys born in 1896 were named Hobart (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Hobart (1,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#836 (1885)#836
1890s348#128 (1896)#511
1900s170#407 (1901)#586
1910s640#519 (1918)#685
1920s1,086#534 (1921)#610
1930s529#711 (1931)#883
1940s368#933 (1942)#1,138
1950s272#1,297 (1952)#1,487
1960s180#1,540 (1966)#2,013
1970s112#2,621 (1970)#3,181
1980s62#3,966 (1982)#5,537
1990s22#7,271 (1991)#8,075
2000s0——
2010s6#10,728 (2013)#10,728
2020s5#12,239 (2023)#12,239

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hobart in 1896

boys
#128
135 births · 1 in 886 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #128Hobart135
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 886 of them was named Hobart, which outranked 89.9% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hobart
  1. #125Emil143
  2. #126Virgil138
  3. #127Morris136
  4. #128Hobart135
  5. #129Dan133
  6. #130Wallace130
  7. #131Gilbert129
Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896 →