Bobette
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #6,892
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 54 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,464since 1915
Bobette over time
Rank among girls' names. Bobette has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,318 | 54 |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bobette! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bobette is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,324 · 1 in 22,352
- California#1,600 · 1 in 35,025
Best ever in a state: #228 in Idaho, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #1,324 | 5 | 1 in 22,352 |
| California | #1,600 | 5 | 1 in 35,025 |
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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 Bobette
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1953 at #1,318 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,839 girls born in 1953 were named Bobette (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,643 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
- 29.3% of all girls named Bobette (429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 25 | #3,092 (1917) | #4,128 |
| 1920s | 127 | #2,095 (1927) | #2,784 |
| 1930s | 137 | #1,731 (1939) | #2,383 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,413 (1947) | #1,608 |
| 1950s | 429 | #1,318 (1953) | #1,605 |
| 1960s | 346 | #1,655 (1960) | #2,053 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,577 (1970) | #5,704 |
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.
Bobette in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 49,232 of them was named Bobette, which outranked 76.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,768Susannah42
- #1,768Tera42
- #1,768Wilda42
- #1,788Bobette41
- #1,788Alfredia41
- #1,788Cherylann41
- #1,788Dominique41
- #1,807Alida40
- #1,807Andre40
- #1,807Andree40
Tied with 18 names at #1,788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.