Rob
Rob was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,453 among boys’ names; 8,775 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,740 Americans named Rob and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 55 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rob by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rob mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rob is “a diminutive of the male given names Robert and Robin.”
/ɹɒb/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rob?
#10,453 among boys’ names, 2025
Rob entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #10,453 in 2025.
555 babies in 1963, the peak
Rob peaked in 1963, when 555 boys were given it, #334 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,453 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,055 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,640 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,652 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,689 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #13,643 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,567 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,851 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #8,009 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #13,781 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | #6,240 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,495 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,518 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,505 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,298 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #7,142 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,167 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,387 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #6,143 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,730 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,171 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,426 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,339 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,991 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,119 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,975 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,625 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,640 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,163 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,436 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,849 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,027 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,123 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,071 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,752 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,958 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,499 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,583 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 78 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 80 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 70 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 104 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 116 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 127 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 201 | #566 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 275 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 334 | #450 | 0.18 |
| 1969 | 403 | #394 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 334 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 275 | #455 | 0.16 |
| 1966 | 327 | #421 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 437 | #370 | 0.23 |
| 1964 | 546 | #336 | 0.27 |
| 1963 | 555 | #334 | 0.27 |
| 1962 | 487 | #361 | 0.24 |
| 1961 | 442 | #377 | 0.21 |
| 1960 | 353 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 342 | #432 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 316 | #442 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 252 | #491 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 171 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 129 | #650 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 113 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 83 | #783 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 58 | #936 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,133 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,059 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,140 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,248 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,292 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,199 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,357 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,569 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,496 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,742 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,064 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,073 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,071 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,009 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,099 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,508 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,836 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,084 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,878 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,136 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,700 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,327 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,007 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,244 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,891 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,535 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,240 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,017 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,080 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 6 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rob a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rob has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rob: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rob, and how old are they?
6,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 8,775 Americans ever recorded as Rob. The median Rob alive today is 61 years old; half are between 55 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 30,144 people named Rob (183 women and girls, 29,961 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,175 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Rob rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 62 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,830 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 550 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 199 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 95 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rob born?
The states with the most babies named Rob are California, Ohio and Michigan, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,090 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 615 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 493 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 430 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Washington | 403 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 313 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 291 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 224 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 214 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 201 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Rob is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rob is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rob with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 11,969 babies since 1880, Rob is the most given (73% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rob
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rob and names like it
- Compare Rob and RobbBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRob peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rob since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Rob.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rob alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.