Rob

#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births

Peak · boys
1963 · 555 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,775
since 1884

Rob over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rob has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #334, 1963boys
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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#9,7147
2024#10,9386
2023#7,28911
2022#8,9908
2021#8,1669
2020#12,0225
2019#8,8898
2018#10,7606
2017#7,54610
2016#12,1855
2015
2014#5,99714
2013#9,6557
2012#8,8648
2011#6,25613
2010#6,03614
2009#6,80212
2008#7,69810
2007#5,21017
2006
2005#5,87513
2004#5,49214
2003#5,87712
2002#6,08811
2001#5,14214
2000#4,78515
1999#3,98618
1998#3,84918
1997#4,45114
1996#3,54919
1995#3,10022
1994#3,32620
1993#2,78625
1992#2,00239
1991#2,09535
1990#2,04936
1989#1,73344
1988#1,37357
1987#1,63642
1986#1,58841
1985#1,91630
1984#1,48142
1983#1,56238
1982#1,27853
1981#1,57738
1980#1,18759
1979#1,22156
1978#97778
1977#95480
1976#99670
1975#814104
1974#753116
1973#714127
1972#565201
1971#484275
1970#450334
1969#394403
1968#419334
1967#453275
1966#421327
1965#370437
1964#336546
1963#334555
1962#360487
1961#377442
1960#427353
1959#431342
1958#441316
1957#491252
1956#582171
1955#650129
1954#677113
1953#77983
1952#93258
1951#1,12341
1950#1,05245
1949#1,12839
1948#1,01548
1947#1,23335
1946#1,27830
1945#1,18031
1944#1,32825
1943#1,52921
1942#2,38610
1941#1,68517
1940#1,98313
1939#1,95813
1938#1,97613
1937#1,99213
1936#2,18411
1935#1,92914
1934#2,02213
1933#2,36810
1932#1,77717
1931#2,00314
1930#1,82117
1929#1,73119
1928#2,04815
1927#2,12115
1926#2,56611
1925#1,62822
1924#2,22914
1923#1,94117
1922#1,76520
1921#2,15215
1920#1,96617
1919#2,38512
1918#1,82718
1917#2,42311
1916#2,15213
1915#2,8298
1914#1,97511
1913#2,2737
1912#1,26814
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Rob! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rob
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938#9,714)
  • 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022#9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1952 (#1,123#932)
  • Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1979 (#977#1,221)
Rise & fade · boys
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1963 at #334 (555 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1952–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,650
  • Highest: 1 in 3,650 boys born in 1964 were named Rob (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #334 in 1963, was only 1 in 3,660 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 47.4% of all boys named Rob (4,159) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#836 (1885)#904
1890s12#884 (1890)#931
1900s0
1910s94#1,268 (1912)#2,142
1920s165#1,628 (1925)#2,015
1930s135#1,777 (1932)#2,003
1940s269#1,015 (1948)#1,475
1950s1,550#431 (1959)#716
1960s4,159#334 (1963)#389
1970s1,441#450 (1970)#793
1980s444#1,187 (1980)#1,533
1990s246#2,002 (1992)#3,119
2000s118#4,785 (2000)#5,885
2010s85#5,997 (2014)#8,465
2020s46#7,289 (2023)#9,520

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.

Rob in 1947

boys
#1,233
35 births · 1 in 52,274 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,233Rob35
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 52,274 of them was named Rob, which outranked 71.1% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rob
  1. #1,213Washington36
  2. #1,213Watson36
  3. #1,213Welton36
  4. #1,233Rob35
  5. #1,233Aurelio35
  6. #1,233Author35
  7. #1,233Baron35
  8. #1,252Addison34
  9. #1,252Aloysius34
  10. #1,252Alvaro34

Tied with 18 names at #1,233; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947