Robinson

#3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births

Peak · boys
1900 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,921
since 1900

Robinson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Robinson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #1,050, 1900boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,58331
2024#3,52432
2023#2,95242
2022#3,61731
2021#2,77545
2020#3,34433
2019#2,65648
2018#2,74844
2017#2,79843
2016#2,38754
2015#2,38654
2014#2,13864
2013#2,13962
2012#2,23858
2011#2,54748
2010#2,68245
2009#3,39932
2008#2,54249
2007#3,02538
2006#2,24856
2005#2,56743
2004#3,21730
2003#2,84734
2002#2,47040
2001#2,27744
2000#2,80532
1999#1,82454
1998#2,23540
1997#2,09642
1996#2,11540
1995#2,14038
1994#2,25935
1993#1,79247
1992#1,64353
1991#1,69948
1990#1,58752
1989#1,51654
1988#1,61844
1987#1,76037
1986#1,49345
1985#1,64438
1984#1,72333
1983#1,53439
1982#1,73433
1981#1,62936
1980#1,96528
1979#2,31021
1978#1,61634
1977#2,36119
1976#2,17721
1975#1,59332
1974#2,45916
1973#1,92822
1972#1,87123
1971#1,91622
1970#1,79424
1969#1,68024
1968#1,96217
1967#1,80919
1966#2,04315
1965#1,98716
1964#1,72921
1963#1,95717
1962#1,54626
1961#1,82320
1960#1,91018
1959#2,29513
1958#2,37012
1957#3,2577
1956#2,09115
1955#1,79119
1954#1,95616
1953#2,09914
1952#2,37611
1951#2,13513
1950#2,11113
1949#1,94115
1948#3,0107
1947#2,49810
1946#2,5349
1945#2,00912
1944#2,30910
1943—
1942#2,38610
1941#2,4919
1940#2,8717
1939#2,6098
1938#2,8687
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#2,7198
1934#2,26611
1933#3,0047
1932#1,84816
1931#2,10113
1930#1,82117
1929#2,9808
1928#1,96016
1927#2,70310
1926#2,30213
1925#3,4087
1924#2,47312
1923#3,4677
1922#2,48612
1921#2,63211
1920#2,45912
1919#2,66510
1918#2,07315
1917#2,28012
1916#2,38911
1915#2,8298
1914#1,60815
1913#2,2737
1912#2,0457
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1910#1,5895
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Robinson! It came in at #1,050, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Robinson is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMINew York: #1,195 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 11,415 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #775 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,991 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,572 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 46,259 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Robinson, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,224 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,001 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#775 · 1 in 5,991
  2. New York#1,195 · 1 in 11,415
  3. Florida#1,224 · 1 in 12,001
  4. California#2,572 · 1 in 46,259

Best ever in a state: #432 in Massachusetts, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#77571 in 5,991
New York#1,19591 in 11,415
Florida#1,22481 in 12,001
California#2,57251 in 46,259
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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 Robinson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 59 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,583)
  • 239 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,583)
  • 1,197 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #3,583)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1900 at #1,050 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,496
  • Highest: 1 in 21,496 boys born in 1900 were named Robinson (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 17.8% of all boys named Robinson (520) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s7#1,050 (1900)#1,050
1910s90#1,589 (1910)#2,195
1920s108#1,960 (1928)#2,687
1930s99#1,821 (1930)#2,561
1940s89#1,941 (1949)#2,450
1950s133#1,791 (1955)#2,248
1960s193#1,546 (1962)#1,845
1970s234#1,593 (1975)#2,003
1980s387#1,493 (1986)#1,662
1990s449#1,587 (1990)#1,939
2000s398#2,248 (2006)#2,740
2010s520#2,138 (2014)#2,472
2020s214#2,775 (2021)#3,299

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.

Robinson in 2014

boys
#2,138
64 births · 1 in 30,014 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #2,138Robinson64
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 30,014 of them was named Robinson, which outranked 84.8% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robinson
  1. #2,116Tre65
  2. #2,116Vito65
  3. #2,116Zavian65
  4. #2,138Robinson64
  5. #2,138Aariz64
  6. #2,138Anirudh64
  7. #2,138Avett64
  8. #2,154Ahmari63
  9. #2,154Arley63
  10. #2,154Bjorn63

Tied with 15 names at #2,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →