Robbie
Robbie is given to both girls and boys: 51 girls and 69 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,159 among girls’ names and #2,122 among boys’, #3,139 among all names counting both); 43,939 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Robbie every year since 1961.
An estimated 28,700 Americans named Robbie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 47 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Robbie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Robbie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Robbie is “a diminutive of the female given name Roberta.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly popular in Scotland.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Robbie?
#3,159 among girls’ names, 2025
Robbie rose from #7,919 in 2015 to #3,159 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 8.4 to 31.7 per million.
1,280 babies in 1963, the peak
Robbie peaked in 1963, when 1,280 babies were given it (396 girls, #489 among girls’ names). The 120 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,159 | 69 | #2,122 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,446 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,572 | 72 | #2,074 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,559 | 64 | #2,262 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,581 | 71 | #2,074 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,728 | 71 | #2,017 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,944 | 48 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,288 | 61 | #2,255 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,786 | 66 | #2,105 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,309 | 59 | #2,273 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #7,919 | 64 | #2,163 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,749 | 61 | #2,225 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,488 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,294 | 75 | #1,920 |
| 2011 | 10 | #11,014 | 69 | #1,996 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,122 | 65 | #2,091 |
| 2009 | 19 | #7,009 | 66 | #2,091 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,339 | 62 | #2,177 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,334 | 58 | #2,274 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,866 | 67 | #2,006 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,753 | 67 | #1,908 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,337 | 63 | #1,946 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,750 | 75 | #1,662 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,231 | 83 | #1,509 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,762 | 84 | #1,466 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,272 | 100 | #1,293 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,488 | 93 | #1,304 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,714 | 81 | #1,413 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,791 | 87 | #1,315 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,834 | 117 | #1,044 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,771 | 118 | #1,023 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,356 | 111 | #1,057 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,922 | 150 | #866 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,635 | 154 | #853 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,916 | 149 | #856 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,628 | 184 | #746 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,393 | 197 | #697 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,080 | 211 | #653 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,145 | 177 | #683 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,748 | 223 | #595 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,779 | 221 | #592 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,953 | 184 | #633 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,507 | 269 | #512 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,456 | 315 | #479 |
| 1981 | 90 | #1,380 | 345 | #446 |
| 1980 | 109 | #1,214 | 345 | #448 |
| 1979 | 98 | #1,290 | 337 | #439 |
| 1978 | 112 | #1,148 | 352 | #419 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,069 | 432 | #377 |
| 1976 | 94 | #1,213 | 312 | #443 |
| 1975 | 119 | #1,018 | 398 | #393 |
| 1974 | 154 | #854 | 415 | #380 |
| 1973 | 151 | #857 | 491 | #346 |
| 1972 | 180 | #771 | 584 | #314 |
| 1971 | 213 | #715 | 657 | #301 |
| 1970 | 225 | #699 | 673 | #300 |
| 1969 | 228 | #660 | 711 | #279 |
| 1968 | 232 | #635 | 651 | #292 |
| 1967 | 228 | #634 | 564 | #313 |
| 1966 | 251 | #596 | 595 | #306 |
| 1965 | 296 | #551 | 712 | #282 |
| 1964 | 376 | #506 | 848 | #263 |
| 1963 | 396 | #489 | 884 | #259 |
| 1962 | 398 | #486 | 703 | #291 |
| 1961 | 471 | #449 | 681 | #296 |
| 1960 | 463 | #454 | 454 | #369 |
| 1959 | 429 | #465 | 388 | #404 |
| 1958 | 467 | #440 | 404 | #390 |
| 1957 | 486 | #425 | 370 | #403 |
| 1956 | 445 | #435 | 312 | #428 |
| 1955 | 395 | #455 | 229 | #484 |
| 1954 | 434 | #415 | 229 | #478 |
| 1953 | 407 | #433 | 184 | #521 |
| 1952 | 368 | #448 | 174 | #535 |
| 1951 | 330 | #458 | 133 | #612 |
| 1950 | 326 | #446 | 118 | #638 |
| 1949 | 308 | #457 | 118 | #631 |
| 1948 | 339 | #433 | 119 | #622 |
| 1947 | 320 | #458 | 147 | #557 |
| 1946 | 282 | #468 | 104 | #632 |
| 1945 | 266 | #439 | 61 | #795 |
| 1944 | 286 | #425 | 51 | #895 |
| 1943 | 309 | #417 | 64 | #827 |
| 1942 | 309 | #409 | 71 | #768 |
| 1941 | 302 | #395 | 70 | #744 |
| 1940 | 309 | #377 | 74 | #708 |
| 1939 | 305 | #377 | 63 | #768 |
| 1938 | 301 | #387 | 46 | #937 |
| 1937 | 284 | #386 | 34 | #1,142 |
| 1936 | 289 | #374 | 49 | #878 |
| 1935 | 317 | #357 | 47 | #929 |
| 1934 | 301 | #364 | 59 | #821 |
| 1933 | 319 | #351 | 38 | #1,071 |
| 1932 | 371 | #331 | 46 | #976 |
| 1931 | 321 | #359 | 40 | #1,076 |
| 1930 | 325 | #378 | 33 | #1,253 |
| 1929 | 331 | #369 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1928 | 300 | #386 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1927 | 354 | #363 | 44 | #1,075 |
| 1926 | 309 | #392 | 34 | #1,261 |
| 1925 | 332 | #377 | 32 | #1,295 |
| 1924 | 314 | #387 | 25 | #1,568 |
| 1923 | 286 | #395 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1922 | 281 | #393 | 23 | #1,630 |
| 1921 | 271 | #412 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1920 | 289 | #387 | 30 | #1,342 |
| 1919 | 263 | #398 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1918 | 315 | #365 | 27 | #1,395 |
| 1917 | 225 | #428 | 27 | #1,357 |
| 1916 | 214 | #430 | 25 | #1,409 |
| 1915 | 195 | #439 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 1914 | 180 | #394 | 19 | #1,433 |
| 1913 | 149 | #401 | 10 | #1,918 |
| 1912 | 141 | #391 | 15 | #1,254 |
| 1911 | 85 | #442 | 10 | #1,178 |
| 1910 | 73 | #471 | 9 | #1,180 |
| 1909 | 82 | #406 | 11 | #942 |
| 1908 | 59 | #472 | 8 | #1,097 |
| 1907 | 58 | #470 | 8 | #1,073 |
| 1906 | 49 | #496 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 60 | #436 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 44 | #499 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 59 | #413 | 5 | #1,272 |
| 1902 | 43 | #484 | 8 | #914 |
| 1901 | 30 | #576 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 47 | #498 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 44 | #442 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 43 | #474 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 34 | #506 | 7 | #919 |
| 1896 | 31 | #546 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 27 | #591 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 28 | #553 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 20 | #654 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 22 | #613 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 24 | #539 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 20 | #597 | 6 | #978 |
| 1889 | 15 | #681 | 5 | #1,085 |
| 1888 | 13 | #749 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 10 | #784 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 10 | #766 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 9 | #684 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 6 | #821 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Robbie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 43,939 Americans recorded as Robbie, 51% are girls and 49% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Robbie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Robbie, and how old are they?
28,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 43,939 Americans ever recorded as Robbie. The median Robbie alive today is 59 years old; half are between 47 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 27,045 people named Robbie (11,403 women and girls, 15,642 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 30,861 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,790 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,810 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,520 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,190 |
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 Robbie born?
The states with the most babies named Robbie are Texas, Tennessee and Georgia, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5,820 | #3,218 | 2.1× |
| Tennessee | 3,304 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Georgia | 2,780 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Alabama | 2,563 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| California | 2,277 | #3,033 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 1,786 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 1,701 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| South Carolina | 1,439 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Arkansas | 1,369 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Kentucky | 1,265 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Robbie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Robbie is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 girls’ 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 Robbie 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 46,760 babies since 1880, Robbie is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 120 of their 125 babies (96%), again the most given.
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 Robbie
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 Robbie and names like it
- Compare Robbie and RobbiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRobbie peaked in 1963.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Robbie since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Robbie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Robbie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.