Robert

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #92 for boys in 2025, 3,772 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1
1953 · 86,243 births
Debut · boys
1880
2,415 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,849,730
since 1880

Robert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #1, 1953boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#923,772
2024—#903,806
2023#13,4626#883,827
2022#13,5926#844,082
2021—#794,436
2020—#804,402
2019#13,7996#764,853
2018—#715,191
2017—#655,566
2016—#626,010
2015#11,8358#636,137
2014#11,9318#606,660
2013#11,9698#626,721
2012#13,4837#606,963
2011#11,1819#626,984
2010#9,23112#547,569
2009#9,97511#557,842
2008#13,8327#498,841
2007#11,6309#479,388
2006#9,90111#479,911
2005#6,82017#3710,166
2004#3,98935#3610,684
2003#6,88516#3511,399
2002#7,44414#3412,031
2001#5,36421#3012,665
2000#4,98123#2913,739
1999#4,57624#2614,540
1998#4,02328#2315,527
1997#3,22436#2316,304
1996#3,14937#2317,676
1995#2,73544#2218,586
1994#2,43252#2120,560
1993#1,98570#1722,447
1992#2,22060#1724,094
1991#1,83277#1326,839
1990#1,439109#1328,886
1989#1,250126#1030,072
1988#930182#1030,319
1987#798219#1030,237
1986#738241#931,350
1985#723238#832,094
1984#718230#931,768
1983#671255#1032,745
1982#731233#934,409
1981#722228#934,395
1980#682254#934,266
1979#680252#834,015
1978#642254#833,374
1977#664238#634,214
1976#654236#733,789
1975#635245#635,306
1974#635241#737,005
1973#618249#738,698
1972#573288#643,013
1971#585298#550,634
1970#560327#557,177
1969#538335#558,300
1968#589265#558,174
1967#598254#556,369
1966#595251#559,317
1965#606255#563,106
1964#594279#569,980
1963#633255#570,007
1962#680229#570,199
1961#592289#572,977
1960#610268#572,357
1959#653235#574,542
1958#639237#477,338
1957#611255#481,765
1956#655214#383,924
1955#607232#483,758
1954#671192#286,331
1953#586228#186,243
1952#639193#286,588
1951#595210#286,353
1950#594203#283,553
1949#584202#283,873
1948#581209#285,478
1947#549237#291,655
1946#540214#284,136
1945#515198#269,947
1944#518194#270,855
1943#468250#274,892
1942#514208#271,845
1941#498196#264,247
1940#465206#261,198
1939#465208#159,666
1938#454219#162,271
1937#441223#161,842
1936#433221#158,500
1935#426231#156,527
1934#398266#155,843
1933#391273#154,221
1932#352326#159,268
1931#345343#160,519
1930#320426#162,153
1929#314441#159,807
1928#315434#160,701
1927#332411#161,674
1926#347369#161,130
1925#364350#160,895
1924#398299#160,802
1923#424250#256,111
1922#436237#253,796
1921#437244#252,779
1920#474205#348,679
1919#494184#441,025
1918#516178#440,619
1917#512168#435,220
1916#612122#431,741
1915#607116#428,737
1914#64780#421,188
1913#61272#415,684
1912#61564#412,836
1911#69839#56,526
1910#79429#45,609
1909#81325#54,563
1908#75526#54,219
1907#79022#54,020
1906#91716#53,635
1905#79721#63,410
1904#1,00113#53,414
1903#96913#73,044
1902#75621#63,180
1901#82916#72,543
1900#74224#63,821
1899#75618#72,609
1898#1,00912#72,932
1897#73518#82,701
1896#57628#82,719
1895#70320#82,635
1894#64321#82,497
1893#71317#82,563
1892#70617#82,710
1891#9439#82,240
1890#79112#82,541
1889#68714#92,513
1888#57219#82,814
1887#8608#102,125
1886#55616#82,443
1885#65811#92,322
1884#8517#102,468
1883#57911#92,334
1882#53012#102,500
1881#5829#112,140
1880#49212#102,415
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Robert was already there! It came in at #10, and was given to 2,415 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 3,000 boys a year got the name.

Where Robert is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #3 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 14 boysAKMaine: #1 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 13 boysMEVermont: #1 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 12 boysVTNew Hampshire: #1 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 10 boysNHWashington: #1 for boys · 656 births · 1 in 14 boysWAIdaho: #1 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 14 boysIDMontana: #1 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 15 boysMTNorth Dakota: #1 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 18 boysNDMinnesota: #1 for boys · 1,303 births · 1 in 15 boysMNIllinois: #1 for boys · 4,231 births · 1 in 13 boysILWisconsin: #1 for boys · 1,747 births · 1 in 13 boysWIMichigan: #1 for boys · 2,935 births · 1 in 13 boysMINew York: #1 for boys · 5,952 births · 1 in 15 boysNYMassachusetts: #1 for boys · 2,534 births · 1 in 12 boysMARhode Island: #1 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 12 boysRIOregon: #1 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 12 boysORNevada: #3 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 13 boysNVWyoming: #1 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 12 boysWYSouth Dakota: #1 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 18 boysSDIowa: #1 for boys · 1,351 births · 1 in 14 boysIAIndiana: #1 for boys · 1,994 births · 1 in 12 boysINOhio: #1 for boys · 3,740 births · 1 in 13 boysOHPennsylvania: #2 for boys · 5,419 births · 1 in 14 boysPANew Jersey: #2 for boys · 1,979 births · 1 in 14 boysNJConnecticut: #1 for boys · 926 births · 1 in 12 boysCTCalifornia: #1 for boys · 2,417 births · 1 in 15 boysCAUtah: #1 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 22 boysUTColorado: #1 for boys · 587 births · 1 in 14 boysCONebraska: #1 for boys · 826 births · 1 in 14 boysNEMissouri: #1 for boys · 1,867 births · 1 in 15 boysMOKentucky: #3 for boys · 1,177 births · 1 in 21 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 1,022 births · 1 in 16 boysWVVirginia: #3 for boys · 1,073 births · 1 in 20 boysVAMaryland: #3 for boys · 738 births · 1 in 16 boysMDDelaware: #3 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 12 boysDEArizona: #1 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 20 boysAZNew Mexico: #4 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 34 boysNMKansas: #1 for boys · 921 births · 1 in 16 boysKSArkansas: #4 for boys · 623 births · 1 in 26 boysARTennessee: #3 for boys · 1,234 births · 1 in 20 boysTNNorth Carolina: #3 for boys · 1,428 births · 1 in 22 boysNCSouth Carolina: #4 for boys · 688 births · 1 in 24 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #1 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 12 boysDCOklahoma: #3 for boys · 842 births · 1 in 26 boysOKLouisiana: #4 for boys · 606 births · 1 in 30 boysLAMississippi: #2 for boys · 888 births · 1 in 20 boysMSAlabama: #4 for boys · 1,076 births · 1 in 24 boysALGeorgia: #3 for boys · 1,214 births · 1 in 22 boysGAHawaii: #2 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 22 boysHITexas: #2 for boys · 1,730 births · 1 in 32 boysTXFlorida: #3 for boys · 558 births · 1 in 20 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#1 · 1 in 10
  2. Vermont#1 · 1 in 12
  3. Wyoming#1 · 1 in 12
  4. Connecticut#1 · 1 in 12
  5. Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 12

Best ever in a state: #1 in Oregon, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#12051 in 20
California#12,4171 in 15
Colorado#15871 in 14
Connecticut#19261 in 12
District of Columbia#12861 in 12
Idaho#12381 in 14
Illinois#14,2311 in 13
Indiana#11,9941 in 12
Iowa#11,3511 in 14
Kansas#19211 in 16
Maine#14841 in 13
Massachusetts#12,5341 in 12
Michigan#12,9351 in 13
Minnesota#11,3031 in 15
Missouri#11,8671 in 15
Montana#12511 in 15
Nebraska#18261 in 14
New Hampshire#13031 in 10
New York#15,9521 in 15
North Dakota#13201 in 18
Ohio#13,7401 in 13
Oregon#14331 in 12
Rhode Island#13901 in 12
South Dakota#13171 in 18
Utah#12151 in 22
Vermont#12191 in 12
Washington#16561 in 14
Wisconsin#11,7471 in 13
Wyoming#11351 in 12
Hawaii#21451 in 22
Mississippi#28881 in 20
New Jersey#21,9791 in 14
Pennsylvania#25,4191 in 14
Texas#21,7301 in 32
West Virginia#21,0221 in 16
Alaska#3171 in 14
Delaware#31251 in 12
Florida#35581 in 20
Georgia#31,2141 in 22
Kentucky#31,1771 in 21
Maryland#37381 in 16
Nevada#3221 in 13
North Carolina#31,4281 in 22
Oklahoma#38421 in 26
Tennessee#31,2341 in 20
Virginia#31,0731 in 20
Alabama#41,0761 in 24
Arkansas#46231 in 26
Louisiana#46061 in 30
New Mexico#41321 in 34
South Carolina#46881 in 24

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 Robert
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#90 → #92)
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#80 → #92)
  • 29 spots since 2015 (#63 → #92)
  • Biggest jump: 2 spots in 1888 (#10 → #8)
  • Biggest drop: 10 spots in 2006 (#37 → #47)
Rise & fade · boys
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1953 at #1 (86,243 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 109 yrs
  • Top 10: 109 yrs · run 1882–1989
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17
  • Highest: 1 in 17 boys born in 1931 were named Robert (5.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 453 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 1953, was only 1 in 23 (4.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.1% of all boys named Robert (830,395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24,074#8 (1888)#9
1890s26,147#7 (1898)#8
1900s35,849#5 (1909)#6
1910s239,185#4 (1919)#4
1920s576,374#1 (1927)#2
1930s590,810#1 (1938)#1
1940s758,126#2 (1947)#2
1950s830,395#1 (1953)#3
1960s650,786#5 (1961)#5
1970s397,225#5 (1970)#7
1980s321,655#8 (1985)#9
1990s205,459#13 (1990)#20
2000s106,666#29 (2000)#40
2010s62,654#54 (2010)#64
2020s24,325#79 (2021)#86

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.

Robert in 1931

girls
#345
343 births · 1 in 3,104 girls
boys
#1
60,519 births · 1 in 17 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #345Robert343

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 3,104 of them was named Robert, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #342Amy347
  2. #343Doreen346
  3. #344James345
  4. #345Robert343
  5. #346Rena341
  6. #347Elnora339
  7. #348Josie338
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 17 of them was named Robert, which outranked 100.0% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931 →