Robby

Where Robby comes from

Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Robby
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #3,872 among boys, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1940
    Robby Müller born
    Dutch cinematographer
  4. 1964
    Peak, #393
    412 babies named Robby — more than any year before or since.
  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.