Names / Boy names
Hobbes
Current rank
#12,717
holding steady
All-time peak
#6,826
in 2015
First recorded
2011
in U.S. data
Children named
65
since 2011
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #6,826 in 2015 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Hobbes was first recorded in American naming records in 2011, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Roughly 65 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.