Robby

Where Robby comes from

Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Robby
  • Vowel-ended
Robby through the years
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #3,872 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1940
    Robby Müller born
    Dutch cinematographer
  4. 1964
    Peak, #393
    412 babies named Robby, the most in any year.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #564.
  6. 1982
    Robby Ginepri born
    American tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Namesakes
  • Robby Ginepri · American tennis player, born 1982
  • Robby Müller · Dutch cinematographer, 1940–2018
  • Robby Gordon · American racecar driver, born 1969
  • Robby Naish · windsurfer and entrepreneur, born 1963
  • Robby Robinson · American bodybuilder, born 1946

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.