Rob
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 555 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,775since 1884
Rob over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rob has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #1,373 | 57 |
| 1987 | #1,636 | 42 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,481 | 42 |
| 1983 | #1,562 | 38 |
| 1982 | #1,278 | 53 |
| 1981 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1980 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1979 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #977 | 78 |
| 1977 | #954 | 80 |
| 1976 | #996 | 70 |
| 1975 | #814 | 104 |
| 1974 | #753 | 116 |
| 1973 | #714 | 127 |
| 1972 | #565 | 201 |
| 1971 | #484 | 275 |
| 1970 | #450 | 334 |
| 1969 | #394 | 403 |
| 1968 | #419 | 334 |
| 1967 | #453 | 275 |
| 1966 | #421 | 327 |
| 1965 | #370 | 437 |
| 1964 | #336 | 546 |
| 1963 | #334 | 555 |
| 1962 | #360 | 487 |
| 1961 | #377 | 442 |
| 1960 | #427 | 353 |
| 1959 | #431 | 342 |
| 1958 | #441 | 316 |
| 1957 | #491 | 252 |
| 1956 | #582 | 171 |
| 1955 | #650 | 129 |
| 1954 | #677 | 113 |
| 1953 | #779 | 83 |
| 1952 | #932 | 58 |
| 1951 | #1,123 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,052 | 45 |
| 1949 | #1,128 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 48 |
| 1947 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
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| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Rob! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rob is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nebraska#239 · 1 in 2,295
- Oregon#255 · 1 in 2,236
- Washington#261 · 1 in 2,303
- Colorado#265 · 1 in 2,113
- Iowa#296 · 1 in 3,584
Best ever in a state: #121 in Wyoming, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #239 | 5 | 1 in 2,295 |
| Oregon | #255 | 7 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Washington | #261 | 11 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Colorado | #265 | 9 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Iowa | #296 | 6 | 1 in 3,584 |
| Indiana | #299 | 14 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Michigan | #308 | 22 | 1 in 3,478 |
| Ohio | #329 | 22 | 1 in 4,190 |
| Oklahoma | #369 | 5 | 1 in 4,046 |
| Missouri | #372 | 8 | 1 in 4,779 |
| Arizona | #379 | 6 | 1 in 2,908 |
| Wisconsin | #386 | 5 | 1 in 6,783 |
| Maryland | #387 | 5 | 1 in 5,297 |
| Illinois | #399 | 21 | 1 in 4,335 |
| California | #441 | 34 | 1 in 4,753 |
| Tennessee | #445 | 5 | 1 in 6,916 |
| Pennsylvania | #468 | 9 | 1 in 9,823 |
| Georgia | #509 | 6 | 1 in 7,308 |
| Florida | #521 | 8 | 1 in 6,726 |
| Texas | #623 | 15 | 1 in 7,604 |
| New York | #682 | 11 | 1 in 12,460 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1952 (#1,123 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1979 (#977 → #1,221)
Rise & fade · boys
79 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1963 at #334 (555 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1952–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,650
- Highest: 1 in 3,650 boys born in 1964 were named Rob (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #334 in 1963, was only 1 in 3,660 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 47.4% of all boys named Rob (4,159) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 (1885) | #904 |
| 1890s | 12 | #884 (1890) | #931 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 94 | #1,268 (1912) | #2,142 |
| 1920s | 165 | #1,628 (1925) | #2,015 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,777 (1932) | #2,003 |
| 1940s | 269 | #1,015 (1948) | #1,475 |
| 1950s | 1,550 | #431 (1959) | #716 |
| 1960s | 4,159 | #334 (1963) | #389 |
| 1970s | 1,441 | #450 (1970) | #793 |
| 1980s | 444 | #1,187 (1980) | #1,533 |
| 1990s | 246 | #2,002 (1992) | #3,119 |
| 2000s | 118 | #4,785 (2000) | #5,885 |
| 2010s | 85 | #5,997 (2014) | #8,465 |
| 2020s | 46 | #7,289 (2023) | #9,520 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rob in 1971
boys
#484
275 births · 1 in 6,431 boys
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 6,431 of them was named Rob, which outranked 91.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).