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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #2 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 22 boysAKMaine: #5 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 30 boysMEVermont: #7 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 32 boysVTNew Hampshire: #3 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 25 boysNHWashington: #3 for boys · 882 births · 1 in 31 boysWAIdaho: #3 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 34 boysIDMontana: #5 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 35 boysMTNorth Dakota: #4 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 37 boysNDMinnesota: #6 for boys · 858 births · 1 in 37 boysMNIllinois: #5 for boys · 3,225 births · 1 in 29 boysILWisconsin: #6 for boys · 1,043 births · 1 in 34 boysWIMichigan: #3 for boys · 2,733 births · 1 in 29 boysMINew York: #4 for boys · 5,292 births · 1 in 29 boysNYMassachusetts: #4 for boys · 1,837 births · 1 in 25 boysMARhode Island: #3 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 20 boysRIOregon: #3 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 31 boysORNevada: #2 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 23 boysNVWyoming: #2 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 24 boysWYSouth Dakota: #5 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 35 boysSDIowa: #5 for boys · 607 births · 1 in 37 boysIAIndiana: #4 for boys · 1,502 births · 1 in 30 boysINOhio: #4 for boys · 3,394 births · 1 in 27 boysOHPennsylvania: #4 for boys · 3,594 births · 1 in 25 boysPANew Jersey: #3 for boys · 2,253 births · 1 in 24 boysNJConnecticut: #4 for boys · 938 births · 1 in 24 boysCTCalifornia: #3 for boys · 6,021 births · 1 in 29 boysCAUtah: #3 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 34 boysUTColorado: #3 for boys · 634 births · 1 in 29 boysCONebraska: #3 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 31 boysNEMissouri: #5 for boys · 1,318 births · 1 in 29 boysMOKentucky: #4 for boys · 983 births · 1 in 28 boysKYWest Virginia: #5 for boys · 525 births · 1 in 26 boysWVVirginia: #4 for boys · 1,446 births · 1 in 26 boysVAMaryland: #4 for boys · 1,096 births · 1 in 26 boysMDDelaware: #3 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 22 boysDEArizona: #3 for boys · 547 births · 1 in 28 boysAZNew Mexico: #3 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 29 boysNMKansas: #5 for boys · 467 births · 1 in 35 boysKSArkansas: #5 for boys · 468 births · 1 in 33 boysARTennessee: #5 for boys · 1,047 births · 1 in 33 boysTNNorth Carolina: #5 for boys · 1,373 births · 1 in 32 boysNCSouth Carolina: #4 for boys · 772 births · 1 in 29 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #5 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 29 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 566 births · 1 in 34 boysOKLouisiana: #5 for boys · 916 births · 1 in 37 boysLAMississippi: #4 for boys · 664 births · 1 in 31 boysMSAlabama: #6 for boys · 783 births · 1 in 38 boysALGeorgia: #4 for boys · 1,320 births · 1 in 32 boysGAHawaii: #3 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 32 boysHITexas: #5 for boys · 3,099 births · 1 in 35 boysTXFlorida: #3 for boys · 1,878 births · 1 in 27 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#2 · 1 in 22
  2. Nevada#2 · 1 in 23
  3. Wyoming#2 · 1 in 24
  4. Rhode Island#3 · 1 in 20
  5. Delaware#3 · 1 in 22

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#21301 in 22
Nevada#21521 in 23
Wyoming#2971 in 24
Arizona#35471 in 28
California#36,0211 in 29
Colorado#36341 in 29
Delaware#32011 in 22
Florida#31,8781 in 27
Hawaii#32001 in 32
Idaho#31651 in 34
Michigan#32,7331 in 29
Nebraska#33681 in 31
New Hampshire#32221 in 25
New Jersey#32,2531 in 24
New Mexico#33211 in 29
Oregon#35021 in 31
Rhode Island#33591 in 20
Utah#33241 in 34
Washington#38821 in 31
Connecticut#49381 in 24
Georgia#41,3201 in 32
Indiana#41,5021 in 30
Kentucky#49831 in 28
Maryland#41,0961 in 26
Massachusetts#41,8371 in 25
Mississippi#46641 in 31
New York#45,2921 in 29
North Dakota#41351 in 37
Ohio#43,3941 in 27
Pennsylvania#43,5941 in 25
South Carolina#47721 in 29
Virginia#41,4461 in 26
Arkansas#54681 in 33
District of Columbia#54061 in 29
Illinois#53,2251 in 29
Iowa#56071 in 37
Kansas#54671 in 35
Louisiana#59161 in 37
Maine#52561 in 30
Missouri#51,3181 in 29
Montana#51401 in 35
North Carolina#51,3731 in 32
Oklahoma#55661 in 34
South Dakota#51391 in 35
Tennessee#51,0471 in 33
Texas#53,0991 in 35
West Virginia#55251 in 26
Alabama#67831 in 38
Minnesota#68581 in 37
Wisconsin#61,0431 in 34
Vermont#71021 in 32

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 1969

girls
#538
335 births · 1 in 5,036 girls
boys
#5
58,300 births · 1 in 31 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #538Robert335

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 5,036 of them was named Robert, which outranked 93.8% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #535Renae340
  2. #536Joni337
  3. #536Therese337
  4. #538Robert335
  5. #539Tia332
  6. #540Nichelle331
  7. #541Brandy330
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 31 of them was named Robert, which outranked 99.9% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #2David63,672
  2. #3James59,886
  3. #4John58,732
  4. #5Robert58,300
  5. #6William37,607
  6. #7Christopher35,672
  7. #8Mark33,388
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →