Hobart
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 135 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,806since 1885
Hobart over time
Rank among boys' names. Hobart has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1942 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #852 | 53 |
| 1937 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #894 | 50 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #885 | 49 |
| 1932 | #780 | 66 |
| 1931 | #711 | 73 |
| 1930 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | #701 | 78 |
| 1928 | #713 | 79 |
| 1927 | #634 | 99 |
| 1926 | #663 | 90 |
| 1925 | #621 | 102 |
| 1924 | #547 | 132 |
| 1923 | #582 | 116 |
| 1922 | #546 | 132 |
| 1921 | #534 | 136 |
| 1920 | #559 | 122 |
| 1919 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #519 | 133 |
| 1917 | #594 | 100 |
| 1916 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #621 | 86 |
| 1914 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | #407 | 21 |
| 1900 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #315 | 31 |
| 1898 | #279 | 42 |
| 1897 | #148 | 105 |
| 1896 | #128 | 135 |
| 1895 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#232 · 1 in 1,887
- Tennessee#359 · 1 in 4,050
- Oklahoma#384 · 1 in 4,365
- Ohio#436 · 1 in 10,152
Best ever in a state: #181 in Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #232 | 13 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Tennessee | #359 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Oklahoma | #384 | 5 | 1 in 4,365 |
| Ohio | #436 | 5 | 1 in 10,152 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hobart
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1896 (#501 → #128)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1912 (#584 → #892)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1896 at #128 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1892–1933
- Highest: 1 in 886 boys born in 1896 were named Hobart (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 28.5% of all boys named Hobart (1,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #836 (1885) | #836 |
| 1890s | 348 | #128 (1896) | #511 |
| 1900s | 170 | #407 (1901) | #586 |
| 1910s | 640 | #519 (1918) | #685 |
| 1920s | 1,086 | #534 (1921) | #610 |
| 1930s | 529 | #711 (1931) | #883 |
| 1940s | 368 | #933 (1942) | #1,138 |
| 1950s | 272 | #1,297 (1952) | #1,487 |
| 1960s | 180 | #1,540 (1966) | #2,013 |
| 1970s | 112 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,181 |
| 1980s | 62 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,537 |
| 1990s | 22 | #7,271 (1991) | #8,075 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,728 (2013) | #10,728 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 13,790 of them was named Hobart, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).