Robbie

Where Robbie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Robbie.

  • Vowel-ended
Robbie through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1932
    Peak, #331
    371 babies named Robbie, its best rank.
  3. 1961
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #769.
  5. 1974
    Robbie Williams born
    British singer
  6. 1980
    Robbie Keane born
    Irish association football player and manager
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly popular in Scotland.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Namesakes
  • Robbie Williams · British singer, born 1974
  • Robbie Keane · Irish association football player and manager, born 1980
  • Robbie Fowler · English association football player and manager, born 1975
  • Robbie Robertson · Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist, 1943–2023
  • Robbie Kruse · Australian association football player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.