Hobert
Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,724since 1893
Hobert over time
Rank among boys' names. Hobert has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,428 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,449 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1961 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,139 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #1,234 | 40 |
| 1956 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #1,066 | 50 |
| 1954 | #996 | 56 |
| 1953 | #999 | 52 |
| 1952 | #953 | 56 |
| 1951 | #857 | 66 |
| 1950 | #934 | 54 |
| 1949 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1948 | #832 | 67 |
| 1947 | #764 | 81 |
| 1946 | #793 | 70 |
| 1945 | #736 | 69 |
| 1944 | #642 | 92 |
| 1943 | #709 | 82 |
| 1942 | #637 | 100 |
| 1941 | #683 | 80 |
| 1940 | #659 | 84 |
| 1939 | #754 | 64 |
| 1938 | #606 | 96 |
| 1937 | #637 | 85 |
| 1936 | #644 | 81 |
| 1935 | #553 | 108 |
| 1934 | #606 | 95 |
| 1933 | #550 | 108 |
| 1932 | #515 | 125 |
| 1931 | #512 | 126 |
| 1930 | #519 | 133 |
| 1929 | #536 | 118 |
| 1928 | #521 | 134 |
| 1927 | #506 | 144 |
| 1926 | #572 | 116 |
| 1925 | #488 | 156 |
| 1924 | #472 | 171 |
| 1923 | #473 | 166 |
| 1922 | #452 | 185 |
| 1921 | #476 | 165 |
| 1920 | #470 | 168 |
| 1919 | #454 | 167 |
| 1918 | #480 | 153 |
| 1917 | #527 | 120 |
| 1916 | #555 | 106 |
| 1915 | #542 | 106 |
| 1914 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | #641 | 48 |
| 1912 | #692 | 38 |
| 1911 | #597 | 26 |
| 1910 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #574 | 21 |
| 1908 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #507 | 20 |
| 1904 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #475 | 20 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #365 | 36 |
| 1899 | #394 | 22 |
| 1898 | #279 | 42 |
| 1897 | #216 | 60 |
| 1896 | #262 | 47 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Hobert! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Hobert is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#268 · 1 in 3,002
- West Virginia#343 · 1 in 4,990
- North Carolina#533 · 1 in 10,092
Best ever in a state: #90 in West Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #268 | 12 | 1 in 3,002 |
| West Virginia | #343 | 5 | 1 in 4,990 |
| North Carolina | #533 | 5 | 1 in 10,092 |
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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 Hobert
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 533 spots in 1896 (#795 → #262)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1901 (#365 → #637)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1897 at #216 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1895–1948
- Highest: 1 in 1,879 boys born in 1897 were named Hobert (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Hobert (1,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 189 | #216 (1897) | #579 |
| 1900s | 202 | #365 (1900) | #528 |
| 1910s | 826 | #454 (1919) | #597 |
| 1920s | 1,523 | #452 (1922) | #497 |
| 1930s | 1,021 | #512 (1931) | #590 |
| 1940s | 773 | #637 (1942) | #746 |
| 1950s | 508 | #857 (1951) | #1,051 |
| 1960s | 337 | #1,139 (1960) | #1,355 |
| 1970s | 193 | #1,658 (1970) | #2,364 |
| 1980s | 100 | #3,107 (1984) | #4,310 |
| 1990s | 41 | #4,872 (1992) | #7,419 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,834 |
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.
Hobert in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 36,957 of them was named Hobert, which outranked 76.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #997Roddy49
- #997Wayman49
- #997Wyatt49
- #1,008Hobert48
- #1,008Clarke48
- #1,008Fermin48
- #1,008Genaro48
- #1,013Ambrose47
- #1,013Aron47
- #1,013Edison47
Tied with 4 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.