Bobby

Where Bobby comes from

From Bob + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bobby
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,050 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1913
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1933
    Bobby Robson born
    English association football player and manager
  4. 1934
    Peak, #23
    7,532 babies named Bobby — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1937
    Bobby Charlton born
    English association football player and manager
  6. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #81.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Namesakes
  • Bobby Charlton · English association football player and manager, 1937–2023
  • Bobby Robson · English association football player and manager, 1933–2009
  • Bobby Moore · English association football player, 1941–1993
  • Bobby Farrell · Dutch dancer and singer, 1949–2010
  • Bobby Cannavale · American actor, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.