Bobie
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807
- Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
- Given to girls 52.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 420since 1912
Bobie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #1,356 | 24 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
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| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Bobie! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bobie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Bobie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bobie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1936 at #2,032 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69,359
- Highest: 1 in 69,359 girls born in 1936 were named Bobie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,168 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 22.1% of all girls named Bobie (93) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1963
- Mostly boys until 1962, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,887 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,433 (1927) | #3,919 |
| 1930s | 93 | #2,032 (1936) | #2,814 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,817 (1942) | #3,970 |
| 1950s | 46 | #4,069 (1955) | #4,867 |
| 1960s | 35 | #5,456 (1969) | #6,274 |
| 1970s | 56 | #5,563 (1978) | #7,521 |
| 1980s | 38 | #7,563 (1985) | #9,214 |
| 1990s | 12 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,658 |
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.
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