Bobbie

#2,064 for girls in 2025, 91 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 82.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#110
1934 · 2,190 births
Debut · girls
1883
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
88,627
since 1883

Bobbie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #110, 1934peak #178, 1931girlsboys
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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#2,06491#12,0085
2024#2,66165—
2023#2,55569#10,8216
2022#2,95656#9,8237
2021#2,75162—
2020#3,54642#8,0679
2019#3,78839#10,8036
2018#2,78261#7,13611
2017#3,09152#10,7756
2016#4,25034—
2015#3,59543#7,49110
2014#3,65242#10,7176
2013#2,80461—
2012#3,09454#4,86219
2011#3,01456#7,00911
2010#3,30649#7,59110
2009#3,25251#9,8647
2008#2,69068#7,18711
2007#2,41878#4,49321
2006#2,70166#6,90411
2005#2,07390#6,63411
2004#1,96295#5,81313
2003#1,743108#7,2459
2002#1,632113#6,08811
2001#1,331144#4,30218
2000#1,298148#4,78515
1999#1,086184#3,83419
1998#1,007198#4,01917
1997#789264#3,60119
1996#752281#2,59029
1995#667320#2,34633
1994#633346#2,68527
1993#688314#2,12337
1992#762273#2,83424
1991#625361#1,86742
1990#638351#1,61551
1989#570387#1,41160
1988#558383#1,34159
1987#503424#1,53446
1986#475451#1,25559
1985#404559#1,24259
1984#374608#1,17460
1983#315737#1,16660
1982#261947#1,01979
1981#269934#97685
1980#270923#95489
1979#280877#1,02874
1978#265876#96181
1977#251983#89391
1976#2291,049#86693
1975#2331,042#831100
1974#2361,073#85687
1973#2401,076#86085
1972#2361,175#766108
1971#2421,205#761117
1970#2531,220#769115
1969#2721,056#689131
1968#298871#699116
1967#294856#646133
1966#292860#644132
1965#294908#625147
1964#319863#629152
1963#336793#627155
1962#318875#618156
1961#306896#630157
1960#2901,003#563194
1959#2671,077#601168
1958#2581,140#609159
1957#2501,162#583174
1956#2331,238#576175
1955#2371,158#567170
1954#2151,384#600151
1953#2211,316#501193
1952#2121,333#558157
1951#1921,489#505180
1950#1951,388#487191
1949#1881,470#450219
1948#1791,543#464206
1947#1781,618#429253
1946#1711,556#417232
1945#1501,563#367264
1944#1441,710#365272
1943#1471,804#331342
1942#1511,668#315379
1941#1451,633#279423
1940#1471,632#266443
1939#1411,676#242475
1938#1271,868#221544
1937#1221,953#204597
1936#1191,986#197627
1935#1162,004#211570
1934#1102,190#191660
1933#1142,010#195618
1932#1132,126#191690
1931#1241,901#178751
1930#1351,765#200696
1929#1461,529#210603
1928#1661,257#226581
1927#1941,058#254502
1926#218839#271437
1925#254677#315325
1924#297503#391239
1923#315419#421206
1922#359338#448186
1921#358342#537135
1920#384292#545127
1919#378297#71678
1918#400266#72877
1917#416232#79762
1916#458194#81058
1915#441193#96242
1914#451148#1,01930
1913#431132#1,11221
1912#457107#1,05919
1911#42193#98212
1910#58450#67719
1909#46864#95110
1908#42672#1,3735
1907#48953#86610
1906#51544#1,1116
1905#45854#1,0916
1904#68226#1,2055
1903#62828#7839
1902#59131#1,0136
1901#55930—
1900#58935#1,1626
1899#75618—
1898#75020#1,1215
1897#76117—
1896#81316—
1895#59626—
1894#1,0619—
1893#71317—
1892#83013—
1891#58920—
1890#75813—
1889#75712#9745
1888#9598—
1887#73310—
1886#1,1085—
1885#7459—
1884#9306—
1883#9205—
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Bobbie! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Bobbie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 597 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,064)
  • 1,482 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #2,064)
  • 1,531 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #2,064)
  • Biggest jump: 465 spots in 1895 (#1,061 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1886 (#745 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1934 at #110 (2,190 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1895–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 477
  • Highest: 1 in 477 girls born in 1934 were named Bobbie (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,662 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Bobbie (19,479) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#733 (1887)#879
1890s169#589 (1891)#763
1900s437#426 (1908)#541
1910s1,712#378 (1919)#444
1920s7,254#146 (1929)#269
1930s19,479#110 (1934)#122
1940s16,197#144 (1944)#160
1950s12,685#192 (1951)#228
1960s8,981#272 (1969)#302
1970s10,576#229 (1976)#247
1980s6,353#261 (1982)#400
1990s2,892#625 (1991)#765
2000s961#1,298 (2000)#2,110
2010s491#2,782 (2018)#3,338
2020s385#2,064 (2025)#2,756

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.

Bobbie in 1900

girls
#589
35 births · 1 in 8,565 girls
boys
#1,162
6 births · 1 in 25,079 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #589Bobbie35

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #1,162Bobbie6
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 8,565 of them was named Bobbie, which outranked 73.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bobbie
  1. #576Marcia36
  2. #576Maye36
  3. #576Sadye36
  4. #589Bobbie35
  5. #589Alda35
  6. #589Althea35
  7. #589Arline35
  8. #605Icie34
  9. #605Inga34
  10. #605Juana34

Tied with 15 names at #589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

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

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 25,079 of them was named Bobbie, which outranked 22.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bobbie
  1. #1,050Woody7
  2. #1,050Wright7
  3. #1,050Zenas7
  4. #1,162Bobbie6
  5. #1,162Acy6
  6. #1,162Adelard6
  7. #1,162Alberta6
  8. #1,310Abron5
  9. #1,310Agustus5
  10. #1,310Albertus5

Tied with 147 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →