Hobson
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 38 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 436since 1898
Hobson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hobson has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
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| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
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| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #502 | 15 |
| 1898 | #307 | 38 |
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First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Hobson! It came in at #307, and was given to 38 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hobson
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1900 (#502 → #699)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1898 at #307 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1898–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,229
- Highest: 1 in 3,229 boys born in 1898 were named Hobson (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.7% of all boys named Hobson (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 53 | #307 (1898) | #405 |
| 1900s | 23 | #699 (1900) | #1,027 |
| 1910s | 60 | #1,868 (1914) | #2,713 |
| 1920s | 112 | #2,193 (1925) | #2,585 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,191 (1932) | #2,821 |
| 1940s | 33 | #2,732 (1943) | #3,046 |
| 1950s | 34 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,556 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,038 (1960) | #4,039 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,464 (1975) | #5,464 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 30 | #7,157 (2016) | #9,736 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,084 |
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.
Hobson in 1898
boys
#307
38 births · 1 in 3,229 boys
Top boys' names in 1898
More about 1898
boys
122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 3,229 of them was named Hobson, which outranked 76.2% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).