Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hobson

#7,884 most common boys' name of all time · #19,835 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1898–2021

Rank among boys
#7,884
Rank overall
#19,835 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
436
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1898 #315
Best rank
#315 1898
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hobson first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 — 5 5 #12,237
2020 — 5 5 #12,096
2017 — 8 8 #8,886
2016 — 11 11 #7,177
2014 — 6 6 #10,786
2010 — 5 5 #12,311
1975 — 5 5 #5,560
1964 — 5 5 #4,131
1960 — 5 5 #4,144
1959 — 5 5 #4,103
1955 — 6 6 #3,592
1953 — 6 6 #3,521
1952 — 6 6 #3,460
1951 — 5 5 #3,810
1950 — 6 6 #3,423
1947 — 6 6 #3,456
1946 — 7 7 #2,996
1945 — 6 6 #3,094
1943 — 8 8 #2,824
1942 — 6 6 #3,298
1938 — 6 6 #3,270
1937 — 6 6 #3,275
1936 — 5 5 #3,666
1935 — 9 9 #2,601
1933 — 7 7 #3,069
1932 — 12 12 #2,241
1931 — 9 9 #2,728
1930 — 12 12 #2,354
1929 — 11 11 #2,502
1928 — 9 9 #2,919
1927 — 13 13 #2,338
1926 — 12 12 #2,486
1925 — 14 14 #2,244
1924 — 10 10 #2,881
1923 — 14 14 #2,274
1922 — 11 11 #2,697
1921 — 9 9 #3,042
1920 — 9 9 #3,024
1919 — 9 9 #2,938
1918 — 9 9 #2,942
1917 — 9 9 #2,792
1916 — 6 6 #3,593
1915 — 9 9 #2,687
1914 — 12 12 #1,918
1913 — 6 6 #2,599
1906 — 5 5 #1,380
1903 — 5 5 #1,276
1900 — 13 13 #742
1899 — 15 15 #520
1898 — 38 38 #315