Bobi — girls' name
593 babies named Bobi in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Bobi was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Bobi in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bobi
The Social Security Administration has registered 593 babies named Bobi between 1942 and 1996, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bobi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bobi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bobi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bobi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bobi 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 593 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.
Bobi at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bobi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1942
- Peak year (1979)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
593 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 32 births in a single year.
Bobi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 195 births that decade — 33% of Bobi's all-time total
Bobi decade highlights
- Peak decade 195 births
- Runner-up 185 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Bobi's strongest decade
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Bobi by state
Where Bobi concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 593 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.8% 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, 1942–1996 (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.