Meaning not yet researched.
Robert: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,772 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 1953.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 1953; #92 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Robert in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#92 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1953, at #1.
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Robert: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,772 boys in 2025. Peak: #1 in 1953 · most boys in one year: 91,655 (1947).
In 2025, 3,772 US boys were named Robert, making it the 92nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #90 in 2024. That is 34 fewer than the 3,806 boys named Robert in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1, reached in 1953. The most boys given the name in a single year was 91,655, in 1947. For comparison, it was #63 in 2015 and #2 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Robert in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 2,427 babies with the name. In all, 4,869,849 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 832,594 babies named Robert.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 45,945 US boys were named Robert; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 6,010. In 2025 that was about 1 in 453 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Robert ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #43 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 31 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Bobby (324,728 babies since 1880), Roberto (113,477 babies since 1880), Bob (93,308 babies since 1880) and Bert (34,242 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Robbert, Rubert and Robi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bill, Billy, Bob, Bobby, Dob and Dobbin.
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: Robbert (580), Rubert (491), Robi (472), Roberts (422), Roberth (162), Robertt (63), Robart (23), Robeert (15), Roberrt (11), Roberte (5).
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 every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 89 | #43 | #40 |
| Vermont | 10 | #44 | #105 |
| New Hampshire | 28 | #44 | #73 |
| South Carolina | 88 | #46 | #47 |
| District of Columbia | 16 | #47 | #51 |
| Massachusetts | 107 | #55 | #58 |
| Mississippi | 39 | #56 | #25 |
| Hawaii | 14 | #61 | #112 |
| Georgia | 151 | #68 | #60 |
| Wyoming | 7 | #69 | #92 |
| Virginia | 122 | #69 | #53 |
| New Jersey | 121 | #74 | #67 |
| Connecticut | 49 | #74 | #68 |
| Pennsylvania | 158 | #75 | #64 |
| New Mexico | 23 | #81 | #77 |
| Missouri | 77 | #82 | #62 |
| Tennessee | 103 | #82 | #47 |
| Arkansas | 37 | #85 | #76 |
| New York | 213 | #86 | #63 |
| Ohio | 138 | #87 | #67 |
| Maryland | 62 | #88 | #57 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | #88 | #46 |
| North Carolina | 134 | #90 | #62 |
| Indiana | 85 | #90 | #73 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #92 | #109 |
| Nebraska | 27 | #92 | #100 |
| Alaska | 9 | #92 | #49 |
| Colorado | 74 | #92 | #74 |
| Oregon | 41 | #93 | #76 |
| Kansas | 39 | #94 | #104 |
| Illinois | 116 | #99 | #75 |
| Florida | 224 | #101 | #57 |
| Michigan | 92 | #101 | #68 |
| Kentucky | 53 | #103 | #63 |
| West Virginia | 19 | #107 | #60 |
| Louisiana | 47 | #109 | #63 |
| Texas | 365 | #109 | #72 |
| Minnesota | 58 | #111 | #116 |
| Wisconsin | 55 | #111 | #100 |
| Maine | 13 | #112 | #95 |
| Delaware | 10 | #112 | #39 |
| California | 350 | #113 | #70 |
| Iowa | 34 | #118 | #94 |
| Montana | 11 | #124 | #75 |
| Arizona | 66 | #133 | #71 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | #134 | #81 |
| Washington | 59 | #138 | #60 |
| Utah | 35 | #157 | #105 |
| Nevada | 20 | #158 | #85 |
| Idaho | 16 | #171 | #114 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #220 | #116 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,772 | 3,772 | #92 |
| 2024 | — | — | 3,806 | #90 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,835 | 3,827 | #88 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,954 | 4,082 | #84 |
| 2021 | — | — | 4,436 | #79 |
| 2020 | — | — | 4,402 | #80 |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,210 | 4,853 | #76 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5,191 | #71 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5,566 | #65 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6,010 | #62 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,776 | 6,137 | #63 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,837 | 6,660 | #60 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,923 | 6,721 | #62 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,678 | 6,963 | #60 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,962 | 6,984 | #62 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,682 | 7,569 | #54 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,526 | 7,842 | #55 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,074 | 8,841 | #49 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,454 | 9,388 | #47 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,463 | 9,911 | #47 |
| 2005 | 17 | #7,083 | 10,166 | #37 |
| 2004 | 35 | #4,071 | 10,684 | #36 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,134 | 11,399 | #35 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,744 | 12,031 | #34 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,525 | 12,665 | #30 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,118 | 13,739 | #29 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,697 | 14,540 | #26 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,113 | 15,527 | #23 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,285 | 16,304 | #23 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,216 | 17,676 | #23 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,777 | 18,586 | #22 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,452 | 20,560 | #21 |
| 1993 | 70 | #2,005 | 22,447 | #17 |
| 1992 | 60 | #2,232 | 24,094 | #17 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,851 | 26,839 | #13 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,442 | 28,886 | #13 |
| 1989 | 126 | #1,256 | 30,072 | #10 |
| 1988 | 182 | #932 | 30,319 | #10 |
| 1987 | 219 | #801 | 30,237 | #10 |
| 1986 | 241 | #738 | 31,350 | #9 |
| 1985 | 238 | #725 | 32,094 | #8 |
| 1984 | 230 | #720 | 31,768 | #9 |
| 1983 | 255 | #671 | 32,745 | #10 |
| 1982 | 233 | #732 | 34,409 | #9 |
| 1981 | 228 | #727 | 34,395 | #9 |
| 1980 | 254 | #683 | 34,266 | #9 |
| 1979 | 252 | #681 | 34,015 | #8 |
| 1978 | 254 | #642 | 33,374 | #8 |
| 1977 | 238 | #665 | 34,214 | #6 |
| 1976 | 236 | #654 | 33,789 | #7 |
| 1975 | 245 | #635 | 35,306 | #6 |
| 1974 | 241 | #636 | 37,005 | #7 |
| 1973 | 249 | #620 | 38,698 | #7 |
| 1972 | 288 | #574 | 43,013 | #6 |
| 1971 | 298 | #586 | 50,634 | #5 |
| 1970 | 327 | #562 | 57,177 | #5 |
| 1969 | 335 | #538 | 58,300 | #5 |
| 1968 | 265 | #591 | 58,174 | #5 |
| 1967 | 254 | #599 | 56,369 | #5 |
| 1966 | 251 | #597 | 59,317 | #5 |
| 1965 | 255 | #609 | 63,106 | #5 |
| 1964 | 279 | #594 | 69,980 | #5 |
| 1963 | 255 | #634 | 70,007 | #5 |
| 1962 | 229 | #681 | 70,199 | #5 |
| 1961 | 289 | #592 | 72,977 | #5 |
| 1960 | 268 | #613 | 72,357 | #5 |
| 1959 | 235 | #654 | 74,542 | #5 |
| 1958 | 237 | #641 | 77,338 | #4 |
| 1957 | 255 | #615 | 81,765 | #4 |
| 1956 | 214 | #658 | 83,924 | #3 |
| 1955 | 232 | #608 | 83,758 | #4 |
| 1954 | 192 | #672 | 86,331 | #2 |
| 1953 | 228 | #589 | 86,243 | #1 |
| 1952 | 193 | #641 | 86,588 | #2 |
| 1951 | 210 | #595 | 86,353 | #2 |
| 1950 | 203 | #594 | 83,553 | #2 |
| 1949 | 202 | #584 | 83,873 | #2 |
| 1948 | 209 | #581 | 85,478 | #2 |
| 1947 | 237 | #551 | 91,655 | #2 |
| 1946 | 214 | #542 | 84,136 | #2 |
| 1945 | 198 | #518 | 69,947 | #2 |
| 1944 | 194 | #518 | 70,855 | #2 |
| 1943 | 250 | #469 | 74,892 | #2 |
| 1942 | 208 | #515 | 71,845 | #2 |
| 1941 | 196 | #498 | 64,247 | #2 |
| 1940 | 206 | #467 | 61,198 | #2 |
| 1939 | 208 | #465 | 59,666 | #1 |
| 1938 | 219 | #455 | 62,271 | #1 |
| 1937 | 223 | #441 | 61,842 | #1 |
| 1936 | 221 | #433 | 58,500 | #1 |
| 1935 | 231 | #426 | 56,527 | #1 |
| 1934 | 266 | #398 | 55,843 | #1 |
| 1933 | 273 | #391 | 54,221 | #1 |
| 1932 | 326 | #353 | 59,268 | #1 |
| 1931 | 343 | #345 | 60,519 | #1 |
| 1930 | 426 | #320 | 62,153 | #1 |
| 1929 | 441 | #314 | 59,807 | #1 |
| 1928 | 434 | #315 | 60,701 | #1 |
| 1927 | 411 | #332 | 61,674 | #1 |
| 1926 | 369 | #349 | 61,130 | #1 |
| 1925 | 350 | #364 | 60,895 | #1 |
| 1924 | 299 | #398 | 60,802 | #1 |
| 1923 | 250 | #425 | 56,111 | #2 |
| 1922 | 237 | #439 | 53,796 | #2 |
| 1921 | 244 | #439 | 52,779 | #2 |
| 1920 | 205 | #476 | 48,679 | #3 |
| 1919 | 184 | #496 | 41,025 | #4 |
| 1918 | 178 | #519 | 40,619 | #4 |
| 1917 | 168 | #515 | 35,220 | #4 |
| 1916 | 122 | #614 | 31,741 | #4 |
| 1915 | 116 | #609 | 28,737 | #4 |
| 1914 | 80 | #649 | 21,188 | #4 |
| 1913 | 72 | #614 | 15,684 | #4 |
| 1912 | 64 | #619 | 12,836 | #4 |
| 1911 | 39 | #702 | 6,526 | #5 |
| 1910 | 29 | #809 | 5,609 | #4 |
| 1909 | 25 | #828 | 4,563 | #5 |
| 1908 | 26 | #765 | 4,219 | #5 |
| 1907 | 22 | #812 | 4,020 | #5 |
| 1906 | 16 | #953 | 3,635 | #5 |
| 1905 | 21 | #820 | 3,410 | #6 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,043 | 3,414 | #5 |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,019 | 3,044 | #7 |
| 1902 | 21 | #770 | 3,180 | #6 |
| 1901 | 16 | #850 | 2,543 | #7 |
| 1900 | 24 | #756 | 3,821 | #6 |
| 1899 | 18 | #784 | 2,609 | #7 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,040 | 2,932 | #7 |
| 1897 | 18 | #759 | 2,701 | #8 |
| 1896 | 28 | #592 | 2,719 | #8 |
| 1895 | 20 | #722 | 2,635 | #8 |
| 1894 | 21 | #660 | 2,497 | #8 |
| 1893 | 17 | #734 | 2,563 | #8 |
| 1892 | 17 | #720 | 2,710 | #8 |
| 1891 | 9 | #993 | 2,240 | #8 |
| 1890 | 12 | #818 | 2,541 | #8 |
| 1889 | 14 | #714 | 2,513 | #9 |
| 1888 | 19 | #591 | 2,814 | #8 |
| 1887 | 8 | #928 | 2,125 | #11 |
| 1886 | 16 | #568 | 2,443 | #8 |
| 1885 | 11 | #692 | 2,322 | #9 |
| 1884 | 7 | #911 | 2,468 | #10 |
| 1883 | 11 | #608 | 2,334 | #9 |
| 1882 | 12 | #557 | 2,500 | #10 |
| 1881 | 9 | #618 | 2,140 | #11 |
| 1880 | 12 | #515 | 2,415 | #10 |
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).