Bobbye
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,172since 1911
Bobbye over time
Rank among girls' names. Bobbye has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #798 | 82 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #912 | 62 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #688 | 98 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #749 | 85 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #695 | 97 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #684 | 95 | — | |
| 1934 | #544 | 139 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #530 | 144 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #629 | 113 | — | |
| 1931 | #530 | 155 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #612 | 125 | — | |
| 1928 | #715 | 98 | — | |
| 1927 | #720 | 100 | — | |
| 1926 | #866 | 73 | — | |
| 1925 | #988 | 57 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bobbye! It came in at #1,956, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bobbye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1925 (#1,227 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1940 (#688 → #912)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1931 at #530 (155 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1925–1943
- Highest: 1 in 6,869 girls born in 1931 were named Bobbye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 252,421 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Bobbye (1,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 99 | #1,690 (1918) | #2,433 |
| 1920s | 614 | #612 (1929) | #1,118 |
| 1930s | 1,161 | #530 (1931) | #629 |
| 1940s | 623 | #798 (1941) | #1,046 |
| 1950s | 373 | #1,294 (1950) | #1,793 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,475 (1964) | #3,915 |
| 1970s | 96 | #4,370 (1975) | #5,997 |
| 1980s | 51 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,875 |
| 1990s | 23 | #11,138 (1998) | #12,497 |
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.
Bobbye in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 18,444 of them was named Bobbye, which outranked 81.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 193,195 of them was named Bobbye, which outranked 20.5% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,871Winthrop7
- #2,871Zebedee7
- #2,871Zenon7
- #3,130Bobbye6
- #3,130Abbie6
- #3,130Abdul6
- #3,130Ad6
- #3,459Abbey5
- #3,459Abron5
- #3,459Abundio5
Tied with 328 names at #3,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.