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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #3 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 17 boysAKMaine: #1 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 13 boysMEVermont: #1 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 13 boysVTNew Hampshire: #1 for boys · 285 births · 1 in 11 boysNHWashington: #1 for boys · 590 births · 1 in 16 boysWAIdaho: #1 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 21 boysIDMontana: #1 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 16 boysMTNorth Dakota: #1 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 20 boysNDMinnesota: #1 for boys · 1,112 births · 1 in 18 boysMNIllinois: #1 for boys · 3,591 births · 1 in 14 boysILWisconsin: #1 for boys · 1,534 births · 1 in 15 boysWIMichigan: #1 for boys · 2,852 births · 1 in 14 boysMINew York: #1 for boys · 5,763 births · 1 in 15 boysNYMassachusetts: #1 for boys · 2,482 births · 1 in 11 boysMARhode Island: #1 for boys · 424 births · 1 in 10 boysRIOregon: #1 for boys · 346 births · 1 in 16 boysORNevada: #1 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 11 boysNVWyoming: #2 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 16 boysWYSouth Dakota: #1 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 19 boysSDIowa: #1 for boys · 1,109 births · 1 in 17 boysIAIndiana: #1 for boys · 1,594 births · 1 in 15 boysINOhio: #1 for boys · 3,261 births · 1 in 14 boysOHPennsylvania: #1 for boys · 5,087 births · 1 in 14 boysPANew Jersey: #1 for boys · 1,974 births · 1 in 12 boysNJConnecticut: #1 for boys · 822 births · 1 in 12 boysCTCalifornia: #1 for boys · 2,262 births · 1 in 16 boysCAUtah: #1 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 20 boysUTColorado: #1 for boys · 524 births · 1 in 16 boysCONebraska: #1 for boys · 607 births · 1 in 17 boysNEMissouri: #1 for boys · 1,505 births · 1 in 18 boysMOKentucky: #4 for boys · 1,089 births · 1 in 24 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 1,065 births · 1 in 17 boysWVVirginia: #3 for boys · 1,164 births · 1 in 19 boysVAMaryland: #1 for boys · 748 births · 1 in 15 boysMDDelaware: #3 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 12 boysDEArizona: #1 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 24 boysAZNew Mexico: #2 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 29 boysNMKansas: #1 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 20 boysKSArkansas: #5 for boys · 638 births · 1 in 29 boysARTennessee: #4 for boys · 1,186 births · 1 in 22 boysTNNorth Carolina: #3 for boys · 1,576 births · 1 in 22 boysNCSouth Carolina: #4 for boys · 763 births · 1 in 25 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #2 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 14 boysDCOklahoma: #6 for boys · 698 births · 1 in 31 boysOKLouisiana: #5 for boys · 584 births · 1 in 33 boysLAMississippi: #2 for boys · 934 births · 1 in 22 boysMSAlabama: #4 for boys · 1,113 births · 1 in 25 boysALGeorgia: #3 for boys · 1,239 births · 1 in 23 boysGAHawaii: #3 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 22 boysHITexas: #2 for boys · 1,745 births · 1 in 33 boysTXFlorida: #2 for boys · 627 births · 1 in 20 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 10
  2. New Hampshire#1 · 1 in 11
  3. Nevada#1 · 1 in 11
  4. Massachusetts#1 · 1 in 11
  5. Connecticut#1 · 1 in 12

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#11661 in 24
California#12,2621 in 16
Colorado#15241 in 16
Connecticut#18221 in 12
Idaho#11771 in 21
Illinois#13,5911 in 14
Indiana#11,5941 in 15
Iowa#11,1091 in 17
Kansas#16681 in 20
Maine#14761 in 13
Maryland#17481 in 15
Massachusetts#12,4821 in 11
Michigan#12,8521 in 14
Minnesota#11,1121 in 18
Missouri#11,5051 in 18
Montana#12481 in 16
Nebraska#16071 in 17
Nevada#1361 in 11
New Hampshire#12851 in 11
New Jersey#11,9741 in 12
New York#15,7631 in 15
North Dakota#12901 in 20
Ohio#13,2611 in 14
Oregon#13461 in 16
Pennsylvania#15,0871 in 14
Rhode Island#14241 in 10
South Dakota#12821 in 19
Utah#12531 in 20
Vermont#11941 in 13
Washington#15901 in 16
Wisconsin#11,5341 in 15
District of Columbia#23121 in 14
Florida#26271 in 20
Mississippi#29341 in 22
New Mexico#21671 in 29
Texas#21,7451 in 33
West Virginia#21,0651 in 17
Wyoming#2961 in 16
Alaska#3141 in 17
Delaware#31171 in 12
Georgia#31,2391 in 23
Hawaii#31381 in 22
North Carolina#31,5761 in 22
Virginia#31,1641 in 19
Alabama#41,1131 in 25
Kentucky#41,0891 in 24
South Carolina#47631 in 25
Tennessee#41,1861 in 22
Arkansas#56381 in 29
Louisiana#55841 in 33
Oklahoma#66981 in 31

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 1935

girls
#426
231 births · 1 in 4,539 girls
boys
#1
56,527 births · 1 in 18 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #426Robert231

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 4,539 of them was named Robert, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #423Zelma237
  2. #424Carlene234
  3. #425Rochelle233
  4. #426Robert231
  5. #427Reva226
  6. #427Sonia226
  7. #429Joe224
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 18 of them was named Robert, which outranked 100.0% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →