Hobert

Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556

Peak · boys
1897 · 60 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,724
since 1893

Hobert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hobert has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #216, 1897boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2002
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#9,9125
1998
1997
1996
1995#8,8685
1994#7,7706
1993
1992#4,87211
1991#7,2716
1990#5,8238
1989#4,01713
1988#6,4266
1987#3,52113
1986#4,4579
1985#5,1477
1984#3,10714
1983#4,1419
1982#3,48212
1981#3,85810
1980#4,9407
1979#2,77716
1978#3,61410
1977#2,66516
1976#2,50817
1975#2,54016
1974#1,98322
1973#2,51315
1972#1,68027
1971#1,70527
1970#1,65827
1969#1,44031
1968#1,42830
1967#1,44928
1966#1,37331
1965#1,23338
1964#1,26338
1963#1,40331
1962#1,38732
1961#1,43931
1960#1,13947
1959#1,24739
1958#1,14845
1957#1,23440
1956#1,07150
1955#1,06650
1954#99656
1953#99952
1952#95356
1951#85766
1950#93454
1949#1,00848
1948#83267
1947#76481
1946#79370
1945#73669
1944#64292
1943#70982
1942#637100
1941#68380
1940#65984
1939#75464
1938#60696
1937#63785
1936#64481
1935#553108
1934#60695
1933#550108
1932#515125
1931#512126
1930#519133
1929#536118
1928#521134
1927#506144
1926#572116
1925#488156
1924#472171
1923#473166
1922#452185
1921#476165
1920#470168
1919#454167
1918#480153
1917#527120
1916#555106
1915#542106
1914#80243
1913#64148
1912#69238
1911#59726
1910#67719
1909#57421
1908#52223
1907#59118
1906#47222
1905#50720
1904#58715
1903#55016
1902#47520
1901#63711
1900#36536
1899#39422
1898#27942
1897#21660
1896#26247
1895#7958
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Hobert! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hobert
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 533 spots in 1896 (#795#262)
  • Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1901 (#365#637)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1897 at #216 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1895–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,879
  • Highest: 1 in 1,879 boys born in 1897 were named Hobert (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Hobert (1,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s189#216 (1897)#579
1900s202#365 (1900)#528
1910s826#454 (1919)#597
1920s1,523#452 (1922)#497
1930s1,021#512 (1931)#590
1940s773#637 (1942)#746
1950s508#857 (1951)#1,051
1960s337#1,139 (1960)#1,355
1970s193#1,658 (1970)#2,364
1980s100#3,107 (1984)#4,310
1990s41#4,872 (1992)#7,419
2000s11#9,112 (2000)#9,834

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hobert in 1954

boys
#996
56 births · 1 in 36,406 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #996Hobert56
More about 1954

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2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 36,406 of them was named Hobert, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hobert
  1. #985Wayman57
  2. #985Winford57
  3. #985Wyatt57
  4. #996Hobert56
  5. #996Bradly56
  6. #996Crawford56
  7. #996Cris56
  8. #1,007Allyn55
  9. #1,007Arlan55
  10. #1,007Cordell55

Tied with 10 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954