Bobak — boys' name
122 babies named Bobak in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Bobak was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Bobak in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bobak
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Bobak between 1979 and 1996, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bobak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bobak performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bobak shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bobak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bobak 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 122 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.
Bobak at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bobak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1979
- Peak year (1986)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
122 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 16 births in a single year.
Bobak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 77 births that decade — 63% of Bobak's all-time total
Bobak decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Bobak's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Bobak by state
Where Bobak concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 18.0% |
22 of 122 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.