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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #10 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 56 boysAKMaine: #21 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 71 boysMEVermont: #19 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 66 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: #16 for boys · 461 births · 1 in 74 boysWAIdaho: #23 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 87 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 84 boysMTNorth Dakota: #33 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 110 boysNDMinnesota: #26 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 88 boysMNIllinois: #12 for boys · 1,356 births · 1 in 64 boysILWisconsin: #23 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 82 boysWIMichigan: #14 for boys · 1,112 births · 1 in 62 boysMINew York: #12 for boys · 2,236 births · 1 in 60 boysNYMassachusetts: #13 for boys · 818 births · 1 in 53 boysMARhode Island: #8 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 44 boysRIOregon: #16 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 65 boysORNevada: #7 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 46 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 54 boysWYSouth Dakota: #35 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 104 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 93 boysIAIndiana: #17 for boys · 596 births · 1 in 66 boysINOhio: #12 for boys · 1,380 births · 1 in 57 boysOHPennsylvania: #11 for boys · 1,562 births · 1 in 52 boysPANew Jersey: #7 for boys · 1,154 births · 1 in 48 boysNJConnecticut: #9 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 51 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 3,732 births · 1 in 72 boysCAUtah: #21 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 94 boysUTColorado: #12 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 63 boysCONebraska: #31 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 104 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 570 births · 1 in 66 boysMOKentucky: #9 for boys · 451 births · 1 in 54 boysKYWest Virginia: #8 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 46 boysWVVirginia: #8 for boys · 864 births · 1 in 48 boysVAMaryland: #8 for boys · 657 births · 1 in 49 boysMDDelaware: #8 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 40 boysDEArizona: #8 for boys · 488 births · 1 in 62 boysAZNew Mexico: #9 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 63 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 81 boysKSArkansas: #13 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 68 boysARTennessee: #9 for boys · 676 births · 1 in 51 boysTNNorth Carolina: #10 for boys · 835 births · 1 in 55 boysNCSouth Carolina: #9 for boys · 459 births · 1 in 51 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #10 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 85 boysDCOklahoma: #14 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 69 boysOKLouisiana: #11 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 76 boysLAMississippi: #7 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 50 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 459 births · 1 in 59 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 906 births · 1 in 55 boysGAHawaii: #16 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 72 boysHITexas: #11 for boys · 2,041 births · 1 in 73 boysTXFlorida: #7 for boys · 1,676 births · 1 in 53 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#7 · 1 in 46
  2. New Jersey#7 · 1 in 48
  3. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 50
  4. Florida#7 · 1 in 53
  5. Delaware#8 · 1 in 40

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#71,6761 in 53
Mississippi#73441 in 50
Nevada#71751 in 46
New Jersey#71,1541 in 48
Arizona#84881 in 62
Delaware#81181 in 40
Maryland#86571 in 49
Rhode Island#81491 in 44
Virginia#88641 in 48
West Virginia#82211 in 46
Connecticut#94351 in 51
Kentucky#94511 in 54
New Mexico#91861 in 63
South Carolina#94591 in 51
Tennessee#96761 in 51
Alaska#10781 in 56
California#103,7321 in 72
District of Columbia#101541 in 85
North Carolina#108351 in 55
Alabama#114591 in 59
Georgia#119061 in 55
Louisiana#114181 in 76
Pennsylvania#111,5621 in 52
Texas#112,0411 in 73
Colorado#123831 in 63
Illinois#121,3561 in 64
New York#122,2361 in 60
Ohio#121,3801 in 57
Wyoming#12451 in 54
Arkansas#132251 in 68
Massachusetts#138181 in 53
Michigan#141,1121 in 62
Oklahoma#142971 in 69
Missouri#155701 in 66
Hawaii#16961 in 72
Oregon#163011 in 65
Washington#164611 in 74
Indiana#175961 in 66
New Hampshire#171301 in 61
Vermont#19521 in 66
Kansas#202101 in 81
Maine#211071 in 71
Utah#211761 in 94
Montana#22551 in 84
Idaho#23771 in 87
Wisconsin#234031 in 82
Minnesota#263601 in 88
Iowa#271951 in 93
Nebraska#311061 in 104
North Dakota#33421 in 110
South Dakota#35451 in 104

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 1989

girls
#1,250
126 births · 1 in 14,631 girls
boys
#10
30,072 births · 1 in 67 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,250Robert126

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 14,631 of them was named Robert, which outranked 91.4% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #1,244Mildred127
  2. #1,244Taja127
  3. #1,244Tequila127
  4. #1,250Robert126
  5. #1,250Amalia126
  6. #1,250Darci126
  7. #1,250Davina126
  8. #1,259Gracie125
  9. #1,259Ilana125
  10. #1,259Kyleigh125

Tied with 8 names at #1,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 67 of them was named Robert, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robert
  1. #7Andrew34,817
  2. #8Justin32,852
  3. #9James32,720
  4. #10Robert30,072
  5. #11Joseph29,884
  6. #12John29,853
  7. #13Ryan28,408
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →