Robbie

Where Robbie comes from

The dictionaries list Robbie as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly popular in Scotland — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1932
    Peak, #331
    371 babies named Robbie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1961
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  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.