Hobart — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hobart

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,806 babies named Hobart between 1885 and 2023, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hobart currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 136 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hobart performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,086 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Hobart shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 222 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hobart in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hobart in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,806 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.