Robin
#704 for girls in 2025, 400 births · #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
Given to girls 86.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 15,128 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 291,961since 1904
Robin over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #704 | 400 | #703 | 382 |
| 2024 | #798 | 352 | #798 | 315 |
| 2023 | #787 | 358 | #786 | 322 |
| 2022 | #859 | 324 | #793 | 318 |
| 2021 | #918 | 291 | #897 | 256 |
| 2020 | #900 | 293 | #869 | 259 |
| 2019 | #984 | 262 | #862 | 257 |
| 2018 | #975 | 271 | #1,016 | 203 |
| 2017 | #1,014 | 256 | #1,003 | 202 |
| 2016 | #1,086 | 239 | #1,127 | 172 |
| 2015 | #1,026 | 260 | #966 | 214 |
| 2014 | #1,121 | 226 | #1,043 | 192 |
| 2013 | #1,254 | 190 | #1,149 | 157 |
| 2012 | #1,340 | 175 | #1,535 | 104 |
| 2011 | #1,515 | 146 | #1,561 | 101 |
| 2010 | #1,438 | 158 | #1,503 | 108 |
| 2009 | #1,342 | 178 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #1,317 | 188 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #1,188 | 214 | #1,317 | 130 |
| 2006 | #1,107 | 226 | #1,350 | 120 |
| 2005 | #1,105 | 214 | #1,216 | 130 |
| 2004 | #952 | 253 | #1,172 | 133 |
| 2003 | #923 | 255 | #1,269 | 112 |
| 2002 | #850 | 271 | #1,160 | 122 |
| 2001 | #692 | 359 | #1,086 | 132 |
| 2000 | #598 | 423 | #1,053 | 136 |
| 1999 | #544 | 462 | #926 | 158 |
| 1998 | #510 | 496 | #909 | 158 |
| 1997 | #430 | 596 | #823 | 176 |
| 1996 | #375 | 719 | #808 | 178 |
| 1995 | #358 | 727 | #707 | 225 |
| 1994 | #334 | 799 | #685 | 230 |
| 1993 | #278 | 998 | #599 | 296 |
| 1992 | #264 | 1,056 | #594 | 300 |
| 1991 | #231 | 1,233 | #577 | 306 |
| 1990 | #201 | 1,415 | #593 | 282 |
| 1989 | #160 | 1,800 | #537 | 324 |
| 1988 | #161 | 1,765 | #510 | 326 |
| 1987 | #145 | 1,911 | #515 | 304 |
| 1986 | #121 | 2,266 | #462 | 354 |
| 1985 | #147 | 2,012 | #442 | 371 |
| 1984 | #139 | 2,111 | #392 | 435 |
| 1983 | #127 | 2,386 | #402 | 412 |
| 1982 | #108 | 2,769 | #413 | 407 |
| 1981 | #102 | 2,867 | #376 | 456 |
| 1980 | #109 | 2,807 | #387 | 443 |
| 1979 | #95 | 3,209 | #351 | 499 |
| 1978 | #89 | 3,440 | #392 | 387 |
| 1977 | #84 | 3,428 | #410 | 368 |
| 1976 | #75 | 3,623 | #391 | 394 |
| 1975 | #65 | 4,328 | #385 | 409 |
| 1974 | #63 | 4,525 | #370 | 425 |
| 1973 | #60 | 4,804 | #389 | 398 |
| 1972 | #55 | 5,369 | #340 | 517 |
| 1971 | #51 | 6,213 | #331 | 562 |
| 1970 | #51 | 7,004 | #318 | 612 |
| 1969 | #46 | 7,501 | #346 | 521 |
| 1968 | #43 | 8,180 | #309 | 595 |
| 1967 | #45 | 7,696 | #289 | 630 |
| 1966 | #42 | 9,440 | #245 | 853 |
| 1965 | #33 | 11,995 | #246 | 916 |
| 1964 | #27 | 14,328 | #222 | 1,159 |
| 1963 | #25 | 14,435 | #209 | 1,357 |
| 1962 | #25 | 15,128 | #197 | 1,533 |
| 1961 | #27 | 15,653 | #169 | 1,852 |
| 1960 | #33 | 13,971 | #200 | 1,432 |
| 1959 | #32 | 12,854 | #194 | 1,527 |
| 1958 | #32 | 11,548 | #193 | 1,446 |
| 1957 | #30 | 12,579 | #168 | 1,867 |
| 1956 | #29 | 11,621 | #143 | 2,247 |
| 1955 | #33 | 10,217 | #157 | 1,841 |
| 1954 | #41 | 9,044 | #160 | 1,792 |
| 1953 | #66 | 6,037 | #160 | 1,725 |
| 1952 | #102 | 3,641 | #204 | 1,086 |
| 1951 | #122 | 2,891 | #207 | 957 |
| 1950 | #149 | 1,991 | #247 | 737 |
| 1949 | #210 | 1,281 | #252 | 657 |
| 1948 | #221 | 1,095 | #282 | 572 |
| 1947 | #245 | 936 | #290 | 564 |
| 1946 | #259 | 773 | #311 | 429 |
| 1945 | #277 | 621 | #347 | 293 |
| 1944 | #358 | 375 | #368 | 268 |
| 1943 | #401 | 333 | #399 | 237 |
| 1942 | #408 | 310 | #380 | 257 |
| 1941 | #443 | 239 | #402 | 208 |
| 1940 | #465 | 206 | #406 | 200 |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | #442 | 166 |
| 1938 | #674 | 104 | #518 | 125 |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 | #600 | 93 |
| 1936 | #810 | 69 | #653 | 80 |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 | #614 | 91 |
| 1934 | #848 | 65 | #601 | 96 |
| 1933 | #887 | 58 | #733 | 69 |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 | #763 | 68 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 | #808 | 60 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | #844 | 60 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #1,247 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1962 at #25 (15,128 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1953–1979
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1932–2004
- 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
- 40.5% of all girls named Robin (118,327) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,934 |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,883 (1915) | #2,602 |
| 1920s | 303 | #1,078 (1929) | #1,582 |
| 1930s | 717 | #583 (1939) | #856 |
| 1940s | 6,169 | #210 (1949) | #329 |
| 1950s | 82,423 | #29 (1956) | #64 |
| 1960s | 118,327 | #25 (1962) | #35 |
| 1970s | 45,943 | #51 (1970) | #69 |
| 1980s | 22,694 | #102 (1981) | #132 |
| 1990s | 8,501 | #201 (1990) | #353 |
| 2000s | 2,581 | #598 (2000) | #1,007 |
| 2010s | 2,183 | #975 (2018) | #1,175 |
| 2020s | 2,018 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 3,839 of them was named Robin, which outranked 96.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 12,153 of them was named Robin, which outranked 92.0% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #922Gene160
- #924Jaxson159
- #924Xander159
- #926Robin158
- #926Benny158
- #926Pierre158
- #926Royce158
- #931Auston157
- #931Branson157
- #931Darrion157
Tied with 4 names at #926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.