Hubbard

Where Hubbard comes from

Hubbard 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. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #673
    9 babies named Hubbard — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1939
    Hubbard Alexander born
    American football player and coach
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Hubbard Alexander · American football player and coach, 1939–2016

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.