Roby
- Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 95.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,481since 1884
Roby over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Roby has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,233 | 41 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,010 | 15 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,205 | 35 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | — | #1,217 | 33 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | — | #1,358 | 29 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Roby! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Roby is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Roby in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1901
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1901 at #779 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1895–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,308
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Roby (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 14.4% of all boys named Roby (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #845 (1886) | #870 |
| 1890s | 40 | #804 (1898) | #904 |
| 1900s | 40 | #779 (1901) | #1,096 |
| 1910s | 222 | #1,012 (1918) | #1,352 |
| 1920s | 267 | #1,300 (1920) | #1,453 |
| 1930s | 242 | #1,092 (1934) | #1,434 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,108 (1947) | #1,314 |
| 1950s | 260 | #1,298 (1956) | #1,550 |
| 1960s | 358 | #1,070 (1964) | #1,317 |
| 1970s | 245 | #1,462 (1970) | #1,964 |
| 1980s | 143 | #2,437 (1988) | #3,353 |
| 1990s | 137 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,658 |
| 2000s | 122 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,764 |
| 2010s | 61 | #6,578 (2011) | #8,976 |
| 2020s | 37 | #7,738 (2023) | #9,878 |
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.
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