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How popular is “Hobson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hobson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hobson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hobson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hobson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hobson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hobson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hobson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1898 38 0.000099619 38 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%

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