Bobbie — #2650 US unisex name
88,536 babies named Bobbie in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Bobbie was born in this single decade.
2,190 babies were named Bobbie in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bobbie
The Social Security Administration has registered 88,536 babies named Bobbie between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bobbie currently holds the #2650 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 2,190 babies received it in a single year. Bobbie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18,416 additional births since 1889.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bobbie performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 19,479 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bobbie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13,249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Bobbie in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bobbie 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 88,536 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.
Bobbie at a glance
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Bobbie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1883
- Peak year (1934)
- 2,190
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
Currently ranks #2650 among girls.
88,536 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 2,190 births in a single year.
Bobbie popularity over time — boys
18,416 total births recorded since 1889 (Bobbie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Bobbie accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bobbie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 19,479 births that decade — 22% of Bobbie's all-time total
Bobbie decade highlights
- Peak decade 19,479 births
- Runner-up 16,197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Bobbie's strongest decade
19,479 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Bobbie by state
Where Bobbie concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13,249 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 7,329 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 5,638 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5,367 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5,228 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 4,442 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 4,096 | 4.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 3,743 | 4.2% |
13,249 of 88,536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 15.0% of nationwide
- Mississippi 8.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 6.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 6.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Bobbie appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1883–2024 (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.