Roby
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,481since 1884
Roby over time
Rank among boys' names. Roby has never cracked the top 700 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,233 | 41 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,010 | 15 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,205 | 35 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | — | #1,217 | 33 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | — | #1,358 | 29 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Roby! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Roby
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- 2,372 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1901 at #779 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1895–1896
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Roby (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.4% of all boys named Roby (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #845 (1886) | #870 |
| 1890s | 40 | #804 (1898) | #904 |
| 1900s | 40 | #779 (1901) | #1,096 |
| 1910s | 222 | #1,012 (1918) | #1,352 |
| 1920s | 267 | #1,300 (1920) | #1,453 |
| 1930s | 242 | #1,092 (1934) | #1,434 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,108 (1947) | #1,314 |
| 1950s | 260 | #1,298 (1956) | #1,550 |
| 1960s | 358 | #1,070 (1964) | #1,317 |
| 1970s | 245 | #1,462 (1970) | #1,964 |
| 1980s | 143 | #2,437 (1988) | #3,353 |
| 1990s | 137 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,658 |
| 2000s | 122 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,764 |
| 2010s | 61 | #6,578 (2011) | #8,976 |
| 2020s | 37 | #7,738 (2023) | #9,878 |
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.
Roby in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 354,553 of them was named Roby, which outranked 13.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 809 names at #5,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 42,549 of them was named Roby, which outranked 74.0% 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).
- #1,093Niles44
- #1,093Oran44
- #1,093Thornton44
- #1,108Roby43
- #1,108Adolphus43
- #1,108Brice43
- #1,108Chauncey43
- #1,116Abram42
- #1,116Authur42
- #1,116Cesar42
Tied with 7 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.