Hobie — #5090 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hobie

The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Hobie between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hobie currently holds the #5090 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hobie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hobie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hobie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hobie 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 440 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.