Bobbe — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bobbe

The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Bobbe between 1912 and 1994, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bobbe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bobbe performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Bobbe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bobbe in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bobbe 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 567 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.