Hobson — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hobson

The Social Security Administration has registered 436 babies named Hobson between 1898 and 2021, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hobson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hobson performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hobson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hobson in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hobson 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 436 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.