Hobert
Hobert is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 216th, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1922185 births
- Best rank
- #216in 1897
- Since 1893
- 5,724people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,724 boys have been named Hobert in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 185 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 185 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hobert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 189 | |
| 1900s | 202 | |
| 1910s | 826 | |
| 1920s | 1,523 | |
| 1930s | 1,021 | |
| 1940s | 773 | |
| 1950s | 508 | |
| 1960s | 337 | |
| 1970s | 193 | |
| 1980s | 100 | |
| 1990s | 41 | |
| 2000s | 11 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Hobert was the 452nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Hobert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jenningspeak 1926
- Murrypeak 1917
- Deweypeak 1898
- Harviepeak 1922
- Barnettpeak 1923
- Ellwoodpeak 1918
- Simmiepeak 1918
- Hobartpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.