Robin
#704 for girls in 2025, 400 births · #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
Given to girls 86.1% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 15,128 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 291,961since 1904
Robin 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #704 | 400 | #703 | 382 |
| 2024 | #798 | 352 | #798 | 315 |
| 2023 | #787 | 358 | #786 | 322 |
| 2022 | #859 | 324 | #793 | 318 |
| 2021 | #918 | 291 | #897 | 256 |
| 2020 | #900 | 293 | #869 | 259 |
| 2019 | #984 | 262 | #862 | 257 |
| 2018 | #975 | 271 | #1,016 | 203 |
| 2017 | #1,014 | 256 | #1,003 | 202 |
| 2016 | #1,086 | 239 | #1,127 | 172 |
| 2015 | #1,026 | 260 | #966 | 214 |
| 2014 | #1,121 | 226 | #1,043 | 192 |
| 2013 | #1,254 | 190 | #1,149 | 157 |
| 2012 | #1,340 | 175 | #1,535 | 104 |
| 2011 | #1,515 | 146 | #1,561 | 101 |
| 2010 | #1,438 | 158 | #1,503 | 108 |
| 2009 | #1,342 | 178 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #1,317 | 188 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #1,188 | 214 | #1,317 | 130 |
| 2006 | #1,107 | 226 | #1,350 | 120 |
| 2005 | #1,105 | 214 | #1,216 | 130 |
| 2004 | #952 | 253 | #1,172 | 133 |
| 2003 | #923 | 255 | #1,269 | 112 |
| 2002 | #850 | 271 | #1,160 | 122 |
| 2001 | #692 | 359 | #1,086 | 132 |
| 2000 | #598 | 423 | #1,053 | 136 |
| 1999 | #544 | 462 | #926 | 158 |
| 1998 | #510 | 496 | #909 | 158 |
| 1997 | #430 | 596 | #823 | 176 |
| 1996 | #375 | 719 | #808 | 178 |
| 1995 | #358 | 727 | #707 | 225 |
| 1994 | #334 | 799 | #685 | 230 |
| 1993 | #278 | 998 | #599 | 296 |
| 1992 | #264 | 1,056 | #594 | 300 |
| 1991 | #231 | 1,233 | #577 | 306 |
| 1990 | #201 | 1,415 | #593 | 282 |
| 1989 | #160 | 1,800 | #537 | 324 |
| 1988 | #161 | 1,765 | #510 | 326 |
| 1987 | #145 | 1,911 | #515 | 304 |
| 1986 | #121 | 2,266 | #462 | 354 |
| 1985 | #147 | 2,012 | #442 | 371 |
| 1984 | #139 | 2,111 | #392 | 435 |
| 1983 | #127 | 2,386 | #402 | 412 |
| 1982 | #108 | 2,769 | #413 | 407 |
| 1981 | #102 | 2,867 | #376 | 456 |
| 1980 | #109 | 2,807 | #387 | 443 |
| 1979 | #95 | 3,209 | #351 | 499 |
| 1978 | #89 | 3,440 | #392 | 387 |
| 1977 | #84 | 3,428 | #410 | 368 |
| 1976 | #75 | 3,623 | #391 | 394 |
| 1975 | #65 | 4,328 | #385 | 409 |
| 1974 | #63 | 4,525 | #370 | 425 |
| 1973 | #60 | 4,804 | #389 | 398 |
| 1972 | #55 | 5,369 | #340 | 517 |
| 1971 | #51 | 6,213 | #331 | 562 |
| 1970 | #51 | 7,004 | #318 | 612 |
| 1969 | #46 | 7,501 | #346 | 521 |
| 1968 | #43 | 8,180 | #309 | 595 |
| 1967 | #45 | 7,696 | #289 | 630 |
| 1966 | #42 | 9,440 | #245 | 853 |
| 1965 | #33 | 11,995 | #246 | 916 |
| 1964 | #27 | 14,328 | #222 | 1,159 |
| 1963 | #25 | 14,435 | #209 | 1,357 |
| 1962 | #25 | 15,128 | #197 | 1,533 |
| 1961 | #27 | 15,653 | #169 | 1,852 |
| 1960 | #33 | 13,971 | #200 | 1,432 |
| 1959 | #32 | 12,854 | #194 | 1,527 |
| 1958 | #32 | 11,548 | #193 | 1,446 |
| 1957 | #30 | 12,579 | #168 | 1,867 |
| 1956 | #29 | 11,621 | #143 | 2,247 |
| 1955 | #33 | 10,217 | #157 | 1,841 |
| 1954 | #41 | 9,044 | #160 | 1,792 |
| 1953 | #66 | 6,037 | #160 | 1,725 |
| 1952 | #102 | 3,641 | #204 | 1,086 |
| 1951 | #122 | 2,891 | #207 | 957 |
| 1950 | #149 | 1,991 | #247 | 737 |
| 1949 | #210 | 1,281 | #252 | 657 |
| 1948 | #221 | 1,095 | #282 | 572 |
| 1947 | #245 | 936 | #290 | 564 |
| 1946 | #259 | 773 | #311 | 429 |
| 1945 | #277 | 621 | #347 | 293 |
| 1944 | #358 | 375 | #368 | 268 |
| 1943 | #401 | 333 | #399 | 237 |
| 1942 | #408 | 310 | #380 | 257 |
| 1941 | #443 | 239 | #402 | 208 |
| 1940 | #465 | 206 | #406 | 200 |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | #442 | 166 |
| 1938 | #674 | 104 | #518 | 125 |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 | #600 | 93 |
| 1936 | #810 | 69 | #653 | 80 |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 | #614 | 91 |
| 1934 | #848 | 65 | #601 | 96 |
| 1933 | #887 | 58 | #733 | 69 |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 | #763 | 68 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 | #808 | 60 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | #844 | 60 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #1,247 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1904
The first year at least five girls were named Robin! It came in at #1,659, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Robin is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#45 · 1 in 179
- Kentucky#58 · 1 in 281
- West Virginia#59 · 1 in 277
- South Carolina#63 · 1 in 265
- District of Columbia#64 · 1 in 253
Best ever in a state: #9 in Alaska, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #45 | 15 | 1 in 179 |
| Kentucky | #58 | 87 | 1 in 281 |
| West Virginia | #59 | 44 | 1 in 277 |
| South Carolina | #63 | 65 | 1 in 265 |
| District of Columbia | #64 | 22 | 1 in 253 |
| Oklahoma | #65 | 56 | 1 in 331 |
| Tennessee | #67 | 86 | 1 in 331 |
| Wyoming | #67 | 12 | 1 in 238 |
| Arkansas | #70 | 41 | 1 in 316 |
| Maryland | #70 | 60 | 1 in 325 |
| Virginia | #70 | 93 | 1 in 314 |
| Louisiana | #75 | 84 | 1 in 348 |
| Alabama | #76 | 64 | 1 in 358 |
| Georgia | #77 | 90 | 1 in 373 |
| New Hampshire | #77 | 16 | 1 in 301 |
| South Dakota | #78 | 15 | 1 in 313 |
| North Carolina | #82 | 86 | 1 in 382 |
| Texas | #83 | 259 | 1 in 429 |
| Oregon | #85 | 42 | 1 in 400 |
| Rhode Island | #85 | 13 | 1 in 344 |
| Wisconsin | #87 | 74 | 1 in 413 |
| Missouri | #88 | 77 | 1 in 419 |
| Ohio | #89 | 157 | 1 in 459 |
| Pennsylvania | #89 | 161 | 1 in 425 |
| Mississippi | #90 | 41 | 1 in 380 |
| Indiana | #92 | 77 | 1 in 471 |
| Maine | #94 | 15 | 1 in 406 |
| Colorado | #95 | 45 | 1 in 415 |
| Florida | #95 | 102 | 1 in 460 |
| Nebraska | #96 | 25 | 1 in 412 |
| Kansas | #97 | 34 | 1 in 423 |
| Nevada | #98 | 10 | 1 in 372 |
| Massachusetts | #99 | 69 | 1 in 444 |
| Vermont | #99 | 7 | 1 in 353 |
| Iowa | #100 | 43 | 1 in 458 |
| Arizona | #103 | 40 | 1 in 446 |
| Montana | #105 | 11 | 1 in 425 |
| Illinois | #108 | 140 | 1 in 534 |
| Minnesota | #108 | 53 | 1 in 524 |
| Washington | #109 | 48 | 1 in 528 |
| Michigan | #112 | 113 | 1 in 527 |
| New Jersey | #115 | 67 | 1 in 555 |
| California | #117 | 300 | 1 in 544 |
| Connecticut | #117 | 28 | 1 in 525 |
| New Mexico | #118 | 18 | 1 in 482 |
| Idaho | #122 | 13 | 1 in 531 |
| New York | #130 | 158 | 1 in 626 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 770 |
| Utah | #201 | 16 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Hawaii | #206 | 7 | 1 in 680 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 94 spots since 2024 (#798 → #704)
- 196 spots since 2020 (#900 → #704)
- 322 spots since 2015 (#1,026 → #704)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1932 (#1,175 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2002 (#692 → #850)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1962 at #25 (15,128 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1932–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 129
- Highest: 1 in 129 girls born in 1961 were named Robin (0.78%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,018 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #25 in 1962, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 40.5% of all girls named Robin (118,327) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
- Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,934 |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,883 (1915) | #2,602 |
| 1920s | 303 | #1,078 (1929) | #1,582 |
| 1930s | 717 | #583 (1939) | #856 |
| 1940s | 6,169 | #210 (1949) | #329 |
| 1950s | 82,423 | #29 (1956) | #64 |
| 1960s | 118,327 | #25 (1962) | #35 |
| 1970s | 45,943 | #51 (1970) | #69 |
| 1980s | 22,694 | #102 (1981) | #132 |
| 1990s | 8,501 | #201 (1990) | #353 |
| 2000s | 2,581 | #598 (2000) | #1,007 |
| 2010s | 2,183 | #975 (2018) | #1,175 |
| 2020s | 2,018 | #704 (2025) | #828 |
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.
Robin in 1979
girls
#95
3,209 births · 1 in 500 girls
boys
#351
499 births · 1 in 3,450 boys
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 500 of them was named Robin, which outranked 99.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Robin
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,450 of them was named Robin, which outranked 95.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Robin
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.