Hubbard — boys' name
763 babies named Hubbard in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Hubbard was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Hubbard in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hubbard
The Social Security Administration has registered 763 babies named Hubbard between 1881 and 1977, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hubbard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hubbard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hubbard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hubbard in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hubbard 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 763 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.
Hubbard at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hubbard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1881
- Peak year (1932)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
763 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 23 births in a single year.
Hubbard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 160 births that decade — 21% of Hubbard's all-time total
Hubbard decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 151 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hubbard's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Hubbard by state
Where Hubbard concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
- Alabama 3.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.