Meaning not yet researched.
Bobby: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 195 in 2025. Its best rank was #23 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #23 in 1934; #1,097 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Bobby in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,097 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #23.
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Bobby: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 195 boys in 2025. Peak: #23 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 7,745 (1937).
In 2025, 195 US boys were named Bobby, making it the 1,097th most common boys’ name of the year, up 17 places from #1,114 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 192 boys named Bobby in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #23, reached in 1934. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,745, in 1937. For comparison, it was #740 in 2015 and #65 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bobby in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 12 babies. In all, 324,728 US babies have been given the name, 3.0% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 71,663 babies named Bobby.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,396 US boys were named Bobby; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 322. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,759 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bobby ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #508 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Robert (4,869,849 babies since 1880), Bob (93,308 babies since 1880), Bobbie (107,049 babies since 1880) and Bobbi (24,280 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bobie, Bobi and Boby are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bob and Rob.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bobie (797), Bobi (593), Boby (374), Bubby (15), Bobbee (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 8 | #508 | #418 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #557 | #346 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #573 | #383 |
| Georgia | 14 | #678 | #629 |
| Ohio | 11 | #759 | #847 |
| Alabama | 5 | #778 | #483 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #785 | #388 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #830 | #472 |
| Arizona | 5 | #938 | #900 |
| California | 21 | #1,017 | #964 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,132 | #598 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,133 | #723 |
| Texas | 17 | #1,221 | #599 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,314 | #992 |
| New York | 7 | #1,435 | #1,170 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,448 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,411 | 192 | #1,114 |
| 2023 | — | — | 169 | #1,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,806 | 214 | #1,033 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,429 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2020 | — | — | 268 | #850 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,542 | 250 | #880 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,706 | 272 | #823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,290 | 298 | #786 |
| 2016 | — | — | 322 | #754 |
| 2015 | — | — | 328 | #740 |
| 2014 | — | — | 313 | #754 |
| 2013 | — | — | 363 | #665 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,275 | 331 | #714 |
| 2011 | — | — | 346 | #683 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,455 | 458 | #552 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,746 | 458 | #576 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,717 | 515 | #524 |
| 2007 | — | — | 523 | #503 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,439 | 546 | #483 |
| 2005 | — | — | 505 | #490 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,778 | 573 | #452 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,478 | 559 | #451 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,860 | 644 | #399 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,164 | 655 | #389 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,105 | 730 | #364 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,310 | 729 | #359 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,399 | 835 | #325 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,829 | 913 | #299 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,605 | 932 | #290 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,864 | 1,046 | #269 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,040 | 1,136 | #255 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,541 | 1,221 | #238 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,704 | 1,387 | #221 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,103 | 1,508 | #206 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,629 | 1,677 | #185 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,305 | 1,759 | #172 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,230 | 1,715 | #163 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,334 | 1,889 | #147 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,932 | 2,105 | #130 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,105 | 2,094 | #135 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,051 | 2,119 | #129 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 | 2,357 | #118 |
| 1982 | 101 | #1,269 | 2,605 | #113 |
| 1981 | 99 | #1,286 | 2,658 | #110 |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,218 | 2,724 | #109 |
| 1979 | 115 | #1,154 | 2,584 | #106 |
| 1978 | 97 | #1,265 | 2,398 | #109 |
| 1977 | 110 | #1,146 | 2,539 | #105 |
| 1976 | 110 | #1,098 | 2,644 | #96 |
| 1975 | 104 | #1,119 | 2,772 | #93 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 | 2,792 | #92 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,015 | 2,889 | #93 |
| 1972 | 113 | #1,032 | 3,171 | #90 |
| 1971 | 133 | #957 | 3,652 | #79 |
| 1970 | 147 | #894 | 3,636 | #87 |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,007 | 3,652 | #82 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,031 | 3,628 | #81 |
| 1967 | 98 | #1,040 | 3,779 | #83 |
| 1966 | 82 | #1,180 | 4,068 | #82 |
| 1965 | 87 | #1,135 | 4,588 | #80 |
| 1964 | 111 | #1,021 | 5,082 | #73 |
| 1963 | 94 | #1,127 | 5,212 | #75 |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,039 | 5,323 | #78 |
| 1961 | 123 | #972 | 5,402 | #76 |
| 1960 | 102 | #1,064 | 5,656 | #73 |
| 1959 | 125 | #936 | 5,677 | #71 |
| 1958 | 98 | #1,060 | 5,735 | #69 |
| 1957 | 113 | #976 | 5,617 | #78 |
| 1956 | 106 | #990 | 5,358 | #77 |
| 1955 | 115 | #916 | 5,223 | #75 |
| 1954 | 131 | #821 | 5,507 | #72 |
| 1953 | 136 | #787 | 5,179 | #74 |
| 1952 | 131 | #785 | 4,960 | #77 |
| 1951 | 134 | #760 | 5,006 | #77 |
| 1950 | 129 | #762 | 5,019 | #65 |
| 1949 | 155 | #668 | 5,120 | #67 |
| 1948 | 139 | #709 | 5,581 | #62 |
| 1947 | 184 | #617 | 6,116 | #60 |
| 1946 | 172 | #601 | 5,771 | #53 |
| 1945 | 129 | #642 | 5,052 | #53 |
| 1944 | 171 | #557 | 5,410 | #50 |
| 1943 | 148 | #621 | 6,121 | #46 |
| 1942 | 132 | #650 | 6,248 | #43 |
| 1941 | 176 | #526 | 6,589 | #35 |
| 1940 | 149 | #568 | 6,882 | #30 |
| 1939 | 147 | #551 | 7,057 | #29 |
| 1938 | 191 | #481 | 7,498 | #27 |
| 1937 | 208 | #455 | 7,745 | #24 |
| 1936 | 193 | #463 | 7,735 | #24 |
| 1935 | 245 | #416 | 7,726 | #24 |
| 1934 | 247 | #416 | 7,532 | #23 |
| 1933 | 259 | #401 | 6,490 | #26 |
| 1932 | 250 | #413 | 6,597 | #30 |
| 1931 | 242 | #414 | 5,858 | #32 |
| 1930 | 262 | #405 | 5,181 | #41 |
| 1929 | 209 | #456 | 3,925 | #50 |
| 1928 | 193 | #498 | 2,972 | #65 |
| 1927 | 178 | #530 | 2,286 | #91 |
| 1926 | 144 | #592 | 1,595 | #116 |
| 1925 | 111 | #698 | 1,085 | #150 |
| 1924 | 99 | #744 | 733 | #191 |
| 1923 | 76 | #838 | 470 | #260 |
| 1922 | 65 | #906 | 370 | #293 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,138 | 274 | #365 |
| 1920 | 53 | #1,021 | 170 | #468 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,249 | 93 | #629 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,074 | 81 | #701 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,379 | 62 | #799 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,301 | 49 | #897 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,483 | 42 | #965 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,390 | 36 | #908 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,684 | 14 | #1,451 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,059 | 14 | #1,280 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,555 | 12 | #991 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,116 | 8 | #1,209 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,250 | 9 | #1,031 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,235 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,402 | 5 | #1,366 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,018 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #746 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,380 | 8 | #891 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,357 | — | — |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,965 | 7 | #1,061 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).