Robin

#704 for girls in 2025, 400 births · #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
Given to girls 86.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 15,128 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
291,961
since 1904

Robin over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #25, 1962peak #143, 1956girlsboys
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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#704400#703382
2024#798352#798315
2023#787358#786322
2022#859324#793318
2021#918291#897256
2020#900293#869259
2019#984262#862257
2018#975271#1,016203
2017#1,014256#1,003202
2016#1,086239#1,127172
2015#1,026260#966214
2014#1,121226#1,043192
2013#1,254190#1,149157
2012#1,340175#1,535104
2011#1,515146#1,561101
2010#1,438158#1,503108
2009#1,342178#1,68893
2008#1,317188#1,414119
2007#1,188214#1,317130
2006#1,107226#1,350120
2005#1,105214#1,216130
2004#952253#1,172133
2003#923255#1,269112
2002#850271#1,160122
2001#692359#1,086132
2000#598423#1,053136
1999#544462#926158
1998#510496#909158
1997#430596#823176
1996#375719#808178
1995#358727#707225
1994#334799#685230
1993#278998#599296
1992#2641,056#594300
1991#2311,233#577306
1990#2011,415#593282
1989#1601,800#537324
1988#1611,765#510326
1987#1451,911#515304
1986#1212,266#462354
1985#1472,012#442371
1984#1392,111#392435
1983#1272,386#402412
1982#1082,769#413407
1981#1022,867#376456
1980#1092,807#387443
1979#953,209#351499
1978#893,440#392387
1977#843,428#410368
1976#753,623#391394
1975#654,328#385409
1974#634,525#370425
1973#604,804#389398
1972#555,369#340517
1971#516,213#331562
1970#517,004#318612
1969#467,501#346521
1968#438,180#309595
1967#457,696#289630
1966#429,440#245853
1965#3311,995#246916
1964#2714,328#2221,159
1963#2514,435#2091,357
1962#2515,128#1971,533
1961#2715,653#1691,852
1960#3313,971#2001,432
1959#3212,854#1941,527
1958#3211,548#1931,446
1957#3012,579#1681,867
1956#2911,621#1432,247
1955#3310,217#1571,841
1954#419,044#1601,792
1953#666,037#1601,725
1952#1023,641#2041,086
1951#1222,891#207957
1950#1491,991#247737
1949#2101,281#252657
1948#2211,095#282572
1947#245936#290564
1946#259773#311429
1945#277621#347293
1944#358375#368268
1943#401333#399237
1942#408310#380257
1941#443239#402208
1940#465206#406200
1939#583131#442166
1938#674104#518125
1937#76180#60093
1936#81069#65380
1935#85565#61491
1934#84865#60196
1933#88758#73369
1932#92358#76368
1931#1,17537#80860
1930#1,04150#75571
1929#1,07846#84460
1928#1,27136#91354
1927#1,27838#89857
1926#1,99719#83163
1925#1,19642#99847
1924#1,53330#1,10742
1923#1,73624#1,19436
1922#1,40333#1,18137
1921#2,37815#1,15938
1920#1,95220#1,02046
1919#3,4528#1,24732
1918#1,96319#1,71020
1917#2,69311#1,17533
1916#3,9196#1,30427
1915#1,88317#1,26527
1914#3,1886#1,12726
1913#2,03410#1,67611
1912#2,1448#1,09518
1911#1,2908
1910#2,1406
1909#2,2085#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907#1,2006
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
1904#1,6596#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899#1,0515
1898#1,0026
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
1893#7688
1892
1891
1890
1889#8786
1888#9176
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1904

The first year at least five girls were named Robin! It came in at #1,659, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Robin
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 94 spots since 2024 (#798#704)
  • 196 spots since 2020 (#900#704)
  • 322 spots since 2015 (#1,026#704)
  • Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1932 (#1,175#923)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2002 (#692#850)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1962 at #25 (15,128 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1932–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 129
  • Highest: 1 in 129 girls born in 1961 were named Robin (0.78%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,018 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #25 in 1962, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 40.5% of all girls named Robin (118,327) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
  • Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,659 (1904)#1,934
1910s91#1,883 (1915)#2,602
1920s303#1,078 (1929)#1,582
1930s717#583 (1939)#856
1940s6,169#210 (1949)#329
1950s82,423#29 (1956)#64
1960s118,327#25 (1962)#35
1970s45,943#51 (1970)#69
1980s22,694#102 (1981)#132
1990s8,501#201 (1990)#353
2000s2,581#598 (2000)#1,007
2010s2,183#975 (2018)#1,175
2020s2,018#704 (2025)#828

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.

Robin in 1963

girls
#25
14,435 births · 1 in 134 girls
boys
#209
1,357 births · 1 in 1,497 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #25Robin14,435

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #209Robin1,357
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 134 of them was named Robin, which outranked 99.7% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robin
  1. #22Julie16,304
  2. #23Nancy16,266
  3. #24Cheryl15,047
  4. #25Robin14,435
  5. #26Michelle14,383
  6. #27Denise14,092
  7. #28Kathleen13,547
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 1,497 of them was named Robin, which outranked 95.5% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Robin
  1. #206Wade1,407
  2. #207Joey1,382
  3. #208Timmy1,379
  4. #209Robin1,357
  5. #210Kelvin1,333
  6. #211Ricardo1,327
  7. #212Marcus1,322
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963