Meaning not yet researched.
Robin: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 400 in 2025. Its best rank was #25 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #25 in 1963; #704 in 2025. About 51% of babies named Robin in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#704 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #25.
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Robin: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 400 girls in 2025. Peak: #25 in 1963 · most girls in one year: 15,653 (1961).
In 2025, 400 US girls were named Robin, making it the 704th most common girls’ name of the year, up 96 places from #800 in 2024. That is 48 more than the 352 girls named Robin in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #25, reached in 1963. The most girls given the name in a single year was 15,653, in 1961. For comparison, it was #1,029 in 2015 and #149 in 1950.
In 2025, 382 US boys were named Robin, making it the 705th most common boys’ name of the year, up 94 places from #799 in 2024. That is 67 more than the 315 boys named Robin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #143, reached in 1956. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,247. For comparison, it was #971 in 2015 and #248 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Robin in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 338,913 US babies have been given the name, 86% of them girls and 14% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 129,175 babies named Robin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,046 US girls were named Robin; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 400. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,018 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Robin ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #272 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Robyn (64,604 babies since 1880), Robbin (10,384 babies since 1880), Ruben (117,207 babies since 1880) and Rubin (7,070 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Robynn, Robbyn and Robyne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rob and Robbie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Robynn (1,312), Robbyn (1,066), Robyne (666), Roben (444), Robben (143), Robinn (71), Robine (37), Ruban (11), Robann (7), Ruebin (6), Robbins (5), Rubyn (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 girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 9 | #272 | — |
| Colorado | 16 | #387 | — |
| Nevada | 6 | #497 | — |
| Virginia | 16 | #510 | #665 |
| Utah | 8 | #530 | — |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #535 | — |
| Oregon | 7 | #537 | #785 |
| Ohio | 19 | #557 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #559 | #614 |
| Washington | 12 | #574 | — |
| Texas | 50 | #629 | #870 |
| California | 49 | #641 | #933 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #671 | — |
| Michigan | 12 | #681 | #1,242 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #697 | #734 |
| Missouri | 8 | #715 | — |
| New York | 22 | #752 | #1,268 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #760 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #806 | — |
| North Carolina | 11 | #892 | #813 |
| Georgia | 11 | #904 | #1,043 |
| Florida | 16 | #991 | #1,247 |
| Illinois | 9 | #996 | #971 |
| Indiana | 6 | #1,010 | #1,229 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #1,015 | #1,336 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,208 | #928 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 400 | #704 | 382 | #705 |
| 2024 | 352 | #800 | 315 | #799 |
| 2023 | 358 | #788 | 322 | #786 |
| 2022 | 324 | #860 | 318 | #795 |
| 2021 | 291 | #918 | 256 | #900 |
| 2020 | 293 | #901 | 259 | #874 |
| 2019 | 262 | #986 | 257 | #864 |
| 2018 | 271 | #978 | 203 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 256 | #1,014 | 202 | #1,005 |
| 2016 | 239 | #1,086 | 172 | #1,129 |
| 2015 | 260 | #1,029 | 214 | #971 |
| 2014 | 226 | #1,123 | 192 | #1,045 |
| 2013 | 190 | #1,258 | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2012 | 175 | #1,345 | 104 | #1,538 |
| 2011 | 146 | #1,518 | 101 | #1,563 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,441 | 108 | #1,514 |
| 2009 | 178 | #1,347 | 93 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 188 | #1,319 | 119 | #1,422 |
| 2007 | 214 | #1,188 | 130 | #1,322 |
| 2006 | 226 | #1,109 | 120 | #1,359 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,107 | 130 | #1,222 |
| 2004 | 253 | #954 | 133 | #1,176 |
| 2003 | 255 | #924 | 112 | #1,275 |
| 2002 | 271 | #851 | 122 | #1,166 |
| 2001 | 359 | #696 | 132 | #1,088 |
| 2000 | 423 | #598 | 136 | #1,058 |
| 1999 | 462 | #547 | 158 | #928 |
| 1998 | 496 | #512 | 158 | #912 |
| 1997 | 596 | #430 | 176 | #827 |
| 1996 | 719 | #375 | 178 | #809 |
| 1995 | 727 | #360 | 225 | #708 |
| 1994 | 799 | #334 | 230 | #686 |
| 1993 | 998 | #279 | 296 | #601 |
| 1992 | 1,056 | #264 | 300 | #594 |
| 1991 | 1,233 | #231 | 306 | #578 |
| 1990 | 1,415 | #201 | 282 | #594 |
| 1989 | 1,800 | #160 | 324 | #538 |
| 1988 | 1,765 | #161 | 326 | #511 |
| 1987 | 1,911 | #145 | 304 | #516 |
| 1986 | 2,266 | #122 | 354 | #462 |
| 1985 | 2,012 | #147 | 371 | #443 |
| 1984 | 2,111 | #139 | 435 | #392 |
| 1983 | 2,386 | #127 | 412 | #402 |
| 1982 | 2,769 | #108 | 407 | #413 |
| 1981 | 2,867 | #102 | 456 | #376 |
| 1980 | 2,807 | #109 | 443 | #388 |
| 1979 | 3,209 | #95 | 499 | #352 |
| 1978 | 3,440 | #89 | 387 | #393 |
| 1977 | 3,428 | #84 | 368 | #410 |
| 1976 | 3,623 | #75 | 394 | #391 |
| 1975 | 4,328 | #65 | 409 | #387 |
| 1974 | 4,525 | #63 | 425 | #371 |
| 1973 | 4,804 | #60 | 398 | #389 |
| 1972 | 5,369 | #55 | 517 | #340 |
| 1971 | 6,213 | #51 | 562 | #331 |
| 1970 | 7,004 | #51 | 612 | #319 |
| 1969 | 7,501 | #46 | 521 | #346 |
| 1968 | 8,180 | #43 | 595 | #309 |
| 1967 | 7,696 | #45 | 630 | #289 |
| 1966 | 9,440 | #42 | 853 | #245 |
| 1965 | 11,995 | #33 | 916 | #246 |
| 1964 | 14,328 | #27 | 1,159 | #222 |
| 1963 | 14,435 | #25 | 1,357 | #209 |
| 1962 | 15,128 | #25 | 1,533 | #197 |
| 1961 | 15,653 | #27 | 1,852 | #169 |
| 1960 | 13,971 | #33 | 1,432 | #200 |
| 1959 | 12,854 | #32 | 1,527 | #194 |
| 1958 | 11,548 | #32 | 1,446 | #193 |
| 1957 | 12,579 | #30 | 1,867 | #168 |
| 1956 | 11,621 | #29 | 2,247 | #143 |
| 1955 | 10,217 | #33 | 1,841 | #158 |
| 1954 | 9,044 | #41 | 1,792 | #160 |
| 1953 | 6,037 | #66 | 1,725 | #160 |
| 1952 | 3,641 | #102 | 1,086 | #204 |
| 1951 | 2,891 | #122 | 957 | #207 |
| 1950 | 1,991 | #149 | 737 | #248 |
| 1949 | 1,281 | #210 | 657 | #252 |
| 1948 | 1,095 | #221 | 572 | #282 |
| 1947 | 936 | #245 | 564 | #290 |
| 1946 | 773 | #259 | 429 | #312 |
| 1945 | 621 | #279 | 293 | #348 |
| 1944 | 375 | #358 | 268 | #368 |
| 1943 | 333 | #403 | 237 | #401 |
| 1942 | 310 | #408 | 257 | #381 |
| 1941 | 239 | #444 | 208 | #405 |
| 1940 | 206 | #468 | 200 | #408 |
| 1939 | 131 | #586 | 166 | #444 |
| 1938 | 104 | #676 | 125 | #520 |
| 1937 | 80 | #766 | 93 | #602 |
| 1936 | 69 | #814 | 80 | #659 |
| 1935 | 65 | #860 | 91 | #616 |
| 1934 | 65 | #853 | 96 | #604 |
| 1933 | 58 | #892 | 69 | #739 |
| 1932 | 58 | #930 | 68 | #768 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,193 | 60 | #812 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,050 | 71 | #764 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,091 | 60 | #853 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,283 | 54 | #924 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,297 | 57 | #909 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,062 | 63 | #839 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,209 | 47 | #1,007 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,561 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,772 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,426 | 37 | #1,192 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,484 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1920 | 20 | #2,004 | 46 | #1,032 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,747 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,020 | 20 | #1,756 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,844 | 33 | #1,198 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,315 | 27 | #1,328 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,946 | 27 | #1,299 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,541 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,137 | 11 | #1,782 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,318 | 18 | #1,131 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,365 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,360 | — | — |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,490 | 7 | #1,251 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,555 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,314 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,226 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,388 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,827 | 6 | #1,179 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,275 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,177 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,099 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,079 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #817 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #955 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,013 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,041 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #979 |
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).