Hoby

Boy · recorded 1958–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1958best year

Most popular in 1958.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hoby.

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Its story

Popularity since 1958

071419581966197419821990

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 7 recorded years as a table
Hoby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
195814
19597
19603
19615
19626
19632
19902

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hoby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1990
5
Rank in 1990
#8,117
How rare
1 in 410,807 boys
Since 1958
85

Hoby was last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1958, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hoby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.