Bobbie
#2,064 for girls in 2025, 91 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 82.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 2,190 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 88,627since 1883
Bobbie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,064 | 91 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,555 | 69 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,094 | 54 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #3,014 | 56 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #2,418 | 78 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #2,073 | 90 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #1,962 | 95 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #1,743 | 108 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #1,632 | 113 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #1,331 | 144 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #1,298 | 148 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #1,086 | 184 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #1,007 | 198 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #789 | 264 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #752 | 281 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #667 | 320 | #2,346 | 33 |
| 1994 | #633 | 346 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #688 | 314 | #2,123 | 37 |
| 1992 | #762 | 273 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #625 | 361 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | #638 | 351 | #1,615 | 51 |
| 1989 | #570 | 387 | #1,411 | 60 |
| 1988 | #558 | 383 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #503 | 424 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #475 | 451 | #1,255 | 59 |
| 1985 | #404 | 559 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #374 | 608 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #315 | 737 | #1,166 | 60 |
| 1982 | #261 | 947 | #1,019 | 79 |
| 1981 | #269 | 934 | #976 | 85 |
| 1980 | #270 | 923 | #954 | 89 |
| 1979 | #280 | 877 | #1,028 | 74 |
| 1978 | #265 | 876 | #961 | 81 |
| 1977 | #251 | 983 | #893 | 91 |
| 1976 | #229 | 1,049 | #866 | 93 |
| 1975 | #233 | 1,042 | #831 | 100 |
| 1974 | #236 | 1,073 | #856 | 87 |
| 1973 | #240 | 1,076 | #860 | 85 |
| 1972 | #236 | 1,175 | #766 | 108 |
| 1971 | #242 | 1,205 | #761 | 117 |
| 1970 | #253 | 1,220 | #769 | 115 |
| 1969 | #272 | 1,056 | #689 | 131 |
| 1968 | #298 | 871 | #699 | 116 |
| 1967 | #294 | 856 | #646 | 133 |
| 1966 | #292 | 860 | #644 | 132 |
| 1965 | #294 | 908 | #625 | 147 |
| 1964 | #319 | 863 | #629 | 152 |
| 1963 | #336 | 793 | #627 | 155 |
| 1962 | #318 | 875 | #618 | 156 |
| 1961 | #306 | 896 | #630 | 157 |
| 1960 | #290 | 1,003 | #563 | 194 |
| 1959 | #267 | 1,077 | #601 | 168 |
| 1958 | #258 | 1,140 | #609 | 159 |
| 1957 | #250 | 1,162 | #583 | 174 |
| 1956 | #233 | 1,238 | #576 | 175 |
| 1955 | #237 | 1,158 | #567 | 170 |
| 1954 | #215 | 1,384 | #600 | 151 |
| 1953 | #221 | 1,316 | #501 | 193 |
| 1952 | #212 | 1,333 | #558 | 157 |
| 1951 | #192 | 1,489 | #505 | 180 |
| 1950 | #195 | 1,388 | #487 | 191 |
| 1949 | #188 | 1,470 | #450 | 219 |
| 1948 | #179 | 1,543 | #464 | 206 |
| 1947 | #178 | 1,618 | #429 | 253 |
| 1946 | #171 | 1,556 | #417 | 232 |
| 1945 | #150 | 1,563 | #367 | 264 |
| 1944 | #144 | 1,710 | #365 | 272 |
| 1943 | #147 | 1,804 | #331 | 342 |
| 1942 | #151 | 1,668 | #315 | 379 |
| 1941 | #145 | 1,633 | #279 | 423 |
| 1940 | #147 | 1,632 | #266 | 443 |
| 1939 | #141 | 1,676 | #242 | 475 |
| 1938 | #127 | 1,868 | #221 | 544 |
| 1937 | #122 | 1,953 | #204 | 597 |
| 1936 | #119 | 1,986 | #197 | 627 |
| 1935 | #116 | 2,004 | #211 | 570 |
| 1934 | #110 | 2,190 | #191 | 660 |
| 1933 | #114 | 2,010 | #195 | 618 |
| 1932 | #113 | 2,126 | #191 | 690 |
| 1931 | #124 | 1,901 | #178 | 751 |
| 1930 | #135 | 1,765 | #200 | 696 |
| 1929 | #146 | 1,529 | #210 | 603 |
| 1928 | #166 | 1,257 | #226 | 581 |
| 1927 | #194 | 1,058 | #254 | 502 |
| 1926 | #218 | 839 | #271 | 437 |
| 1925 | #254 | 677 | #315 | 325 |
| 1924 | #297 | 503 | #391 | 239 |
| 1923 | #315 | 419 | #421 | 206 |
| 1922 | #359 | 338 | #448 | 186 |
| 1921 | #358 | 342 | #537 | 135 |
| 1920 | #384 | 292 | #545 | 127 |
| 1919 | #378 | 297 | #716 | 78 |
| 1918 | #400 | 266 | #728 | 77 |
| 1917 | #416 | 232 | #797 | 62 |
| 1916 | #458 | 194 | #810 | 58 |
| 1915 | #441 | 193 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #451 | 148 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #431 | 132 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #457 | 107 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #421 | 93 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #468 | 64 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #426 | 72 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #458 | 54 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #559 | 30 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #596 | 26 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | — | |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bobbie! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Bobbie is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#283 · 1 in 1,478
- Kentucky#283 · 1 in 1,785
- Missouri#407 · 1 in 2,686
- Tennessee#439 · 1 in 2,961
- North Carolina#481 · 1 in 3,279
Best ever in a state: #15 in Mississippi, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,785 |
| South Carolina | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Missouri | #407 | 11 | 1 in 2,686 |
| Tennessee | #439 | 10 | 1 in 2,961 |
| North Carolina | #481 | 12 | 1 in 3,279 |
| Virginia | #483 | 10 | 1 in 3,414 |
| Georgia | #581 | 10 | 1 in 4,151 |
| Florida | #620 | 16 | 1 in 4,546 |
| Wisconsin | #629 | 5 | 1 in 5,079 |
| Ohio | #642 | 12 | 1 in 5,177 |
| Pennsylvania | #660 | 11 | 1 in 5,504 |
| Indiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Maryland | #677 | 5 | 1 in 4,942 |
| Michigan | #709 | 9 | 1 in 5,783 |
| Texas | #728 | 27 | 1 in 5,168 |
| Washington | #818 | 5 | 1 in 5,708 |
| California | #888 | 33 | 1 in 6,963 |
| New York | #1,407 | 8 | 1 in 13,041 |
| Illinois | #1,448 | 5 | 1 in 14,290 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bobbie
- 597 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,064)
- 1,482 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #2,064)
- 1,531 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #2,064)
- Biggest jump: 465 spots in 1895 (#1,061 → #596)
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1886 (#745 → #1,108)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1934 at #110 (2,190 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1895–1997
- Highest: 1 in 477 girls born in 1934 were named Bobbie (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,662 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Bobbie (19,479) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #733 (1887) | #879 |
| 1890s | 169 | #589 (1891) | #763 |
| 1900s | 437 | #426 (1908) | #541 |
| 1910s | 1,712 | #378 (1919) | #444 |
| 1920s | 7,254 | #146 (1929) | #269 |
| 1930s | 19,479 | #110 (1934) | #122 |
| 1940s | 16,197 | #144 (1944) | #160 |
| 1950s | 12,685 | #192 (1951) | #228 |
| 1960s | 8,981 | #272 (1969) | #302 |
| 1970s | 10,576 | #229 (1976) | #247 |
| 1980s | 6,353 | #261 (1982) | #400 |
| 1990s | 2,892 | #625 (1991) | #765 |
| 2000s | 961 | #1,298 (2000) | #2,110 |
| 2010s | 491 | #2,782 (2018) | #3,338 |
| 2020s | 385 | #2,064 (2025) | #2,756 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bobbie in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 6,238 of them was named Bobbie, which outranked 95.3% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 65,321 of them was named Bobbie, which outranked 75.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,535Tyreese30
- #2,535Yuri30
- #2,535Zamir30
- #2,590Bobbie29
- #2,590Aakash29
- #2,590Abrahan29
- #2,590Aleksandar29
- #2,679Aamir28
- #2,679Abe28
- #2,679Alante28
Tied with 88 names at #2,590; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.