Bobbye
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,172since 1911
Bobbye over time
Rank among girls' names. Bobbye has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #798 | 82 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #912 | 62 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #688 | 98 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #749 | 85 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #695 | 97 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #684 | 95 | — | |
| 1934 | #544 | 139 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #530 | 144 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #629 | 113 | — | |
| 1931 | #530 | 155 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #612 | 125 | — | |
| 1928 | #715 | 98 | — | |
| 1927 | #720 | 100 | — | |
| 1926 | #866 | 73 | — | |
| 1925 | #988 | 57 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bobbye! It came in at #1,956, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bobbye is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#208 · 1 in 1,126
- Arkansas#278 · 1 in 1,688
- Oklahoma#328 · 1 in 2,259
- Texas#349 · 1 in 1,954
- Tennessee#473 · 1 in 5,589
Best ever in a state: #164 in Arkansas, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #208 | 21 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Arkansas | #278 | 12 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Oklahoma | #328 | 11 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Texas | #349 | 31 | 1 in 1,954 |
| Tennessee | #473 | 5 | 1 in 5,589 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| 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 Bobbye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1925 (#1,227 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1940 (#688 → #912)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1931 at #530 (155 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1925–1943
- Highest: 1 in 6,869 girls born in 1931 were named Bobbye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 252,421 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Bobbye (1,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 99 | #1,690 (1918) | #2,433 |
| 1920s | 614 | #612 (1929) | #1,118 |
| 1930s | 1,161 | #530 (1931) | #629 |
| 1940s | 623 | #798 (1941) | #1,046 |
| 1950s | 373 | #1,294 (1950) | #1,793 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,475 (1964) | #3,915 |
| 1970s | 96 | #4,370 (1975) | #5,997 |
| 1980s | 51 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,875 |
| 1990s | 23 | #11,138 (1998) | #12,497 |
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.
Bobbye in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 11,924 of them was named Bobbye, which outranked 87.1% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).