Bob — #9864 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bob

The Social Security Administration has registered 92,978 babies named Bob between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bob currently holds the #9864 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 2,826 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bob performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 23,293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bob shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Bob in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bob in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92,978 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.