Roben
- Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154
- Last seen for boys in 2010 at #10,766
- Given to girls 70.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 314since 1952
Roben over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #8,435 | 5 |
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| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Roben! It came in at #4,483, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Roben is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Roben in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Roben
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1956 at #2,530 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 96,119
- Highest: 1 in 96,119 girls born in 1961 were named Roben (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 302,673 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,530 in 1956, was only 1 in 100,385 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 44.9% of all girls named Roben (141) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 114 | #2,530 (1956) | #3,241 |
| 1960s | 141 | #2,673 (1961) | #3,563 |
| 1970s | 34 | #4,586 (1973) | #6,208 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,545 (1986) | #9,545 |
| 1990s | 13 | #10,588 (1993) | #11,163 |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,154 (2000) | #13,154 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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