Robby
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 412 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,565since 1922
Robby over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Robby has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,776 | 28 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,826 | 42 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,057 | 38 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,337 | 44 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,015 | 50 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,373 | 72 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,279 | 79 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,043 | 107 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,000 | 111 | |
| 1989 | — | #839 | 142 | |
| 1988 | — | #865 | 120 | |
| 1987 | — | #824 | 128 | |
| 1986 | — | #744 | 149 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #700 | 158 |
| 1984 | — | #721 | 146 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #682 | 157 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #629 | 190 |
| 1981 | — | #585 | 212 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #551 | 240 |
| 1979 | — | #565 | 232 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #579 | 211 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #533 | 248 |
| 1976 | — | #643 | 164 | |
| 1975 | — | #572 | 199 | |
| 1974 | — | #564 | 202 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #517 | 231 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #445 | 318 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #433 | 354 |
| 1970 | — | #459 | 312 | |
| 1969 | — | #411 | 374 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #414 | 346 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #473 | 254 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #436 | 307 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #418 | 351 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #393 | 412 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #409 | 388 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #420 | 360 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #454 | 314 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #547 | 207 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #542 | 208 |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #625 | 150 |
| 1956 | — | #624 | 149 | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #723 | 102 |
| 1954 | — | #727 | 98 | |
| 1953 | — | #798 | 80 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #958 | 52 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | — | #906 | 59 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1922
The first year at least five boys were named Robby! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Robby is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#232 · 1 in 2,586
- Oklahoma#234 · 1 in 1,812
- Arkansas#295 · 1 in 2,547
- Utah#300 · 1 in 2,716
- Kentucky#311 · 1 in 3,863
Best ever in a state: #150 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #232 | 5 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Oklahoma | #234 | 13 | 1 in 1,812 |
| Arkansas | #295 | 6 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Utah | #300 | 7 | 1 in 2,716 |
| Kentucky | #311 | 7 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Mississippi | #323 | 8 | 1 in 2,406 |
| Indiana | #350 | 9 | 1 in 4,457 |
| Tennessee | #373 | 7 | 1 in 4,625 |
| Missouri | #382 | 7 | 1 in 5,231 |
| Georgia | #384 | 11 | 1 in 3,660 |
| Wisconsin | #400 | 5 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Ohio | #415 | 12 | 1 in 6,720 |
| Michigan | #454 | 9 | 1 in 7,290 |
| North Carolina | #529 | 5 | 1 in 7,566 |
| Pennsylvania | #590 | 6 | 1 in 12,901 |
| Texas | #593 | 19 | 1 in 7,249 |
| Florida | #605 | 8 | 1 in 7,869 |
| Illinois | #676 | 8 | 1 in 10,579 |
| California | #942 | 11 | 1 in 18,262 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 106 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #4,539)
- 398 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,539)
- 459 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1952 (#1,242 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 390 spots in 1948 (#906 → #1,296)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1964 at #393 (412 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1952–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,781
- Highest: 1 in 4,781 boys born in 1969 were named Robby (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #393 in 1964, was only 1 in 4,837 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 31.4% of all boys named Robby (3,313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 50 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,472 |
| 1930s | 130 | #1,238 (1939) | #2,220 |
| 1940s | 291 | #906 (1947) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 1,130 | #539 (1958) | #783 |
| 1960s | 3,313 | #393 (1964) | #438 |
| 1970s | 2,471 | #433 (1971) | #531 |
| 1980s | 1,642 | #551 (1980) | #714 |
| 1990s | 724 | #1,000 (1990) | #1,525 |
| 2000s | 394 | #2,015 (2000) | #2,752 |
| 2010s | 282 | #2,826 (2010) | #3,850 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,141 (2020) | #4,401 |
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.
Robby in 1981
boys
#585
212 births · 1 in 8,449 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 8,449 of them was named Robby, which outranked 92.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Robby
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.