first name
HOBERT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,379 people named Hobert, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hobert peaked in 1922, when 185 babies got the name.
At least 5,724 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Hobert by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,068. The largest share of babies named Hobert, 39.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Hobert is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hobert has been most common in Kentucky (18×), West Virginia (17×), and Tennessee (7.7×), and least common in Illinois (0.19×).
3,486 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Hobert
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hobert, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hobert ranks #34,217 of 156,621, with 714 people. See Hobert as a last name
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