# Hobart (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hobart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhəʊbɑːt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,806 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,806 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9 | 4,278 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,059 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,662 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,189 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,941 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,412 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,027 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,490 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,629 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,633 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,357 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,563 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,243 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,934 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 霍巴特, 荷巴特
- Russian: Хо́барт

## People named Hobart

- Hobart Bosworth, American film actor, director, writer, and producer (1867-1943)
- Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (1886-1950)
- Hobart Henley, American actor and film director (1887-1964)
- Hobart Alter, American businessman (1933-2014)
- Hobart Muir Smith, American herpetologist (1912-2013)
- Christopher McKivat, Australian rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach (1880–1941)
- Cecil H. Peabody, American mechanical engineer (1855–1934)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.