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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 25,759 of them was named Bobbye, which outranked 80.9% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,078Romona62
- #1,078Sheridan62
- #1,078Theda62
- #1,087Bobbye61
- #1,087Adelina61
- #1,087Albertha61
- #1,087Ellyn61
- #1,101Garnet60
- #1,101Hortencia60
- #1,101Jerrilyn60
Tied with 13 names at #1,087; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 270,671 of them was named Bobbye, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).