Robin
#704 for girls in 2025, 400 births · #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
Given to girls 86.1% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#530 · 1 in 2,183
- Kentucky#718 · 1 in 3,699
- Tennessee#803 · 1 in 4,248
- Missouri#815 · 1 in 4,503
- Massachusetts#834 · 1 in 5,076
Best ever in a state: #9 in Alaska, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #530 | 5 | 1 in 2,183 |
| Kentucky | #718 | 5 | 1 in 3,699 |
| Tennessee | #803 | 7 | 1 in 4,248 |
| Missouri | #815 | 6 | 1 in 4,503 |
| Massachusetts | #834 | 5 | 1 in 5,076 |
| Arizona | #853 | 7 | 1 in 4,389 |
| Washington | #905 | 6 | 1 in 4,970 |
| New York | #957 | 16 | 1 in 5,704 |
| Michigan | #975 | 7 | 1 in 5,948 |
| Georgia | #1,021 | 8 | 1 in 5,819 |
| Illinois | #1,144 | 8 | 1 in 7,244 |
| California | #1,233 | 24 | 1 in 8,549 |
| Texas | #1,254 | 19 | 1 in 8,472 |
| Ohio | #1,458 | 5 | 1 in 10,519 |
| Florida | #1,742 | 6 | 1 in 13,527 |
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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.
See more about Robin
- 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)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1962 at #25 (15,128 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1932–2004
- 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
- 40.5% of all girls named Robin (118,327) were born in this decade
- 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 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 9,236 of them was named Robin, which outranked 93.5% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,248Maryjane191
- #1,248Shyanne191
- #1,248Shyla191
- #1,254Robin190
- #1,254Audra190
- #1,254Belle190
- #1,254Emme190
- #1,260Ashton189
- #1,260Janet189
- #1,260Kyrie189
Tied with 5 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 12,048 of them was named Robin, which outranked 91.8% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,144Dash158
- #1,144Elmer158
- #1,144Trayvon158
- #1,149Robin157
- #1,149Cairo157
- #1,149Dereck157
- #1,149Fredrick157
- #1,155Coy156
- #1,155Ira156
- #1,155Kael156
Tied with 5 names at #1,149; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.