Robb
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 237 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,194since 1917
Robb over time
Rank among boys' names. Robb 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
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,698 | 36 |
| 1984 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,421 | 43 |
| 1978 | #1,272 | 50 |
| 1977 | #989 | 75 |
| 1976 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | #900 | 84 |
| 1974 | #892 | 82 |
| 1973 | #829 | 92 |
| 1972 | #632 | 156 |
| 1971 | #679 | 149 |
| 1970 | #513 | 246 |
| 1969 | #502 | 237 |
| 1968 | #516 | 214 |
| 1967 | #768 | 90 |
| 1966 | #766 | 90 |
| 1965 | #763 | 94 |
| 1964 | #758 | 102 |
| 1963 | #813 | 87 |
| 1962 | #802 | 89 |
| 1961 | #1,052 | 55 |
| 1960 | #996 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,141 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #944 | 64 |
| 1956 | #1,045 | 52 |
| 1955 | #1,138 | 43 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
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| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
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| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Robb! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1937, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Robb is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#167 · 1 in 1,332
- Minnesota#178 · 1 in 1,816
- Iowa#184 · 1 in 1,543
- Wisconsin#198 · 1 in 1,935
- Massachusetts#343 · 1 in 6,662
Best ever in a state: #148 in Minnesota, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #167 | 9 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Minnesota | #178 | 18 | 1 in 1,816 |
| Iowa | #184 | 15 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Wisconsin | #198 | 19 | 1 in 1,935 |
| Massachusetts | #343 | 7 | 1 in 6,662 |
| Indiana | #362 | 9 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Pennsylvania | #385 | 14 | 1 in 6,712 |
| Michigan | #390 | 15 | 1 in 5,425 |
| Ohio | #410 | 14 | 1 in 6,924 |
| Virginia | #431 | 6 | 1 in 6,372 |
| Illinois | #438 | 17 | 1 in 5,692 |
| Missouri | #468 | 5 | 1 in 7,919 |
| New York | #527 | 19 | 1 in 8,138 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 5 | 1 in 11,074 |
| California | #617 | 18 | 1 in 9,909 |
| Texas | #884 | 7 | 1 in 16,361 |
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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.
See more about Robb
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1968 (#768 → #516)
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1978 (#989 → #1,272)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1969 at #502 (237 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1962–1975
- Highest: 1 in 7,545 boys born in 1969 were named Robb (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.0% of all boys named Robb (1,117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,981 (1917) | #3,981 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,151 (1928) | #4,249 |
| 1930s | 22 | #2,185 (1938) | #2,981 |
| 1940s | 86 | #1,733 (1947) | #2,730 |
| 1950s | 396 | #944 (1957) | #1,267 |
| 1960s | 1,117 | #502 (1969) | #774 |
| 1970s | 1,043 | #513 (1970) | #915 |
| 1980s | 344 | #1,456 (1981) | #1,848 |
| 1990s | 134 | #2,214 (1990) | #5,278 |
| 2000s | 22 | #7,643 (2002) | #8,260 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,136 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,015 |
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.
Robb in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 7,554 of them was named Robb, which outranked 90.6% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).