Robbin — unisex name
8,590 babies named Robbin in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Robbin was born in this single decade.
650 babies were named Robbin in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Robbin
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,590 babies named Robbin between 1933 and 2023, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Robbin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 650 babies received it in a single year. Robbin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,794 additional births since 1929.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Robbin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,558 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Robbin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 728 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Robbin in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Robbin 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 8,590 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.
Robbin at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Robbin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1933
- Peak year (1959)
- 650
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
8,590 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 650 births in a single year.
Robbin popularity over time — boys
1,794 total births recorded since 1929 (Robbin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Robbin accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Robbin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 3,558 births that decade — 41% of Robbin's all-time total
Robbin decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,558 births
- Runner-up 2,917 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Robbin's strongest decade
3,558 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Robbin by state
Where Robbin concentrates geographically — total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 728 | 8.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 606 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 420 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 405 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 392 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 371 | 4.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 295 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 275 | 3.2% |
728 of 8,590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Robbin appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1933–2023 (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.