Hoby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hoby

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Hoby between 1958 and 1990, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hoby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hoby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hoby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hoby in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hoby 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 85 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.