Bobby — #1123 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bobby

The Social Security Administration has registered 314,848 babies named Bobby between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bobby currently holds the #1123 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 7,745 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bobby performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 69,416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Bobby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41,611 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Bobby in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bobby 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 314,848 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.