Boys' name · since 2013
Hobbs
Hobbs has 32 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hobbs currently ranks #9516 among boys' names in America, with 32 babies recorded since 2013.
Hobbs has 32 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9516 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #25,387 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,516 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hobbs ranks #25,387 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,516 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 32 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hobbs's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hobbs compares
32 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hobbs's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hobbs | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hobbs's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hobbs's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hobbs popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Hobbs by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (24 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Hobbs's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Hobbs births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (75% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hobbs's data
- Hobbs's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hobbs draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.