Hobby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hobby

The Social Security Administration has registered 9 babies named Hobby between 1918 and 1918, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hobby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1918. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hobby performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hobby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hobby 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 9 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.