Rob — #10917 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rob

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,768 babies named Rob between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rob currently holds the #10917 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 555 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rob performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rob shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,090 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rob in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rob 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 8,768 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.