Robby
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 412 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,565since 1922
Robby over time
Rank among boys' names. Robby has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,776 | 28 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,826 | 42 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,057 | 38 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,337 | 44 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,015 | 50 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,373 | 72 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,279 | 79 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,043 | 107 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,000 | 111 | |
| 1989 | — | #839 | 142 | |
| 1988 | — | #865 | 120 | |
| 1987 | — | #824 | 128 | |
| 1986 | — | #744 | 149 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #700 | 158 |
| 1984 | — | #721 | 146 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #682 | 157 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #629 | 190 |
| 1981 | — | #585 | 212 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #551 | 240 |
| 1979 | — | #565 | 232 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #579 | 211 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #533 | 248 |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #572 | 199 | |
| 1974 | — | #564 | 202 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #517 | 231 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #445 | 318 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #433 | 354 |
| 1970 | — | #459 | 312 | |
| 1969 | — | #411 | 374 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #414 | 346 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #473 | 254 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #436 | 307 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #418 | 351 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #393 | 412 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #409 | 388 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #420 | 360 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #454 | 314 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #547 | 207 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #542 | 208 |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #625 | 150 |
| 1956 | — | #624 | 149 | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #723 | 102 |
| 1954 | — | #727 | 98 | |
| 1953 | — | #798 | 80 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #958 | 52 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | — | #906 | 59 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Robby! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Robby is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#150 · 1 in 833
- Iowa#209 · 1 in 1,916
- Tennessee#244 · 1 in 2,008
- Washington#268 · 1 in 2,421
- Wisconsin#273 · 1 in 3,377
Best ever in a state: #150 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #150 | 7 | 1 in 833 |
| Iowa | #209 | 10 | 1 in 1,916 |
| Tennessee | #244 | 16 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Washington | #268 | 9 | 1 in 2,421 |
| Wisconsin | #273 | 9 | 1 in 3,377 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,948 |
| Utah | #281 | 5 | 1 in 2,425 |
| Minnesota | #302 | 6 | 1 in 4,464 |
| Oklahoma | #317 | 7 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Indiana | #318 | 12 | 1 in 3,470 |
| Arkansas | #319 | 5 | 1 in 2,992 |
| Mississippi | #320 | 8 | 1 in 2,490 |
| North Carolina | #324 | 13 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Missouri | #329 | 10 | 1 in 3,514 |
| Georgia | #350 | 13 | 1 in 3,118 |
| South Carolina | #350 | 7 | 1 in 3,109 |
| Alabama | #374 | 7 | 1 in 3,948 |
| Pennsylvania | #397 | 12 | 1 in 6,597 |
| Texas | #400 | 33 | 1 in 3,224 |
| Louisiana | #410 | 9 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Ohio | #426 | 12 | 1 in 6,781 |
| Florida | #447 | 10 | 1 in 5,049 |
| California | #472 | 27 | 1 in 5,561 |
| Michigan | #488 | 9 | 1 in 7,655 |
| Illinois | #506 | 13 | 1 in 6,364 |
| New York | #1,043 | 5 | 1 in 24,376 |
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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 Robby
- 106 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #4,539)
- 398 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,539)
- 459 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1952 (#1,242 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 390 spots in 1948 (#906 → #1,296)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1964 at #393 (412 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1952–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,781 boys born in 1969 were named Robby (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #393 in 1964, was only 1 in 4,837 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.4% of all boys named Robby (3,313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 50 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,472 |
| 1930s | 130 | #1,238 (1939) | #2,220 |
| 1940s | 291 | #906 (1947) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 1,130 | #539 (1958) | #783 |
| 1960s | 3,313 | #393 (1964) | #438 |
| 1970s | 2,471 | #433 (1971) | #531 |
| 1980s | 1,642 | #551 (1980) | #714 |
| 1990s | 724 | #1,000 (1990) | #1,525 |
| 2000s | 394 | #2,015 (2000) | #2,752 |
| 2010s | 282 | #2,826 (2010) | #3,850 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,141 (2020) | #4,401 |
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.
Robby in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 190,156 of them was named Robby, which outranked 38.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,480Zinnia9
- #5,480Zorana9
- #5,480Zsazsa9
- #5,959Robby8
- #5,959Abelina8
- #5,959Adinah8
- #5,959Adonna8
- #6,558Acacia7
- #6,558Acquanetta7
- #6,558Adel7
Tied with 598 names at #5,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 5,099 of them was named Robby, which outranked 92.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.