Robby
Robby was given to 22 boys in 2025, #4,674 among boys’ names; 10,780 Americans have been recorded with it since 1921 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,020 Americans named Robby and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 42 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Robby by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Robby mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Robby is “a diminutive of the male given name Robert.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Roberta.”
Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Robby?
#4,674 among boys’ names, 2025
Robby fell from #4,152 in 2015 to #4,674 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.0 to 12.9 per million.
424 babies in 1964, the peak
Robby peaked in 1964, when 424 babies were given it (412 boys, #393 among boys’ names). The 22 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,674 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,310 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,543 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,744 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,242 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,203 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,458 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,473 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,868 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #4,152 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,444 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,391 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,284 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,188 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,861 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,316 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,089 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,291 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,920 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,452 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,199 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,765 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,357 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,415 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,038 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,795 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,488 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,987 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,607 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,696 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,374 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 79 | #1,281 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,079 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 107 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 111 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 142 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 120 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 128 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 149 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 158 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 146 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 157 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 190 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 212 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 240 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 232 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 211 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 248 | #535 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 164 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 199 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 202 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 231 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 318 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1971 | 354 | #433 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 312 | #459 | 0.17 |
| 1969 | 374 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 346 | #414 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 254 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 307 | #436 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 351 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 412 | #393 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 388 | #409 | 0.19 |
| 1962 | 360 | #421 | 0.17 |
| 1961 | 314 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 207 | #547 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 208 | #543 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 204 | #540 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 150 | #625 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 149 | #624 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 102 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 98 | #729 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 80 | #803 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 65 | #876 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,256 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,161 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 52 | #963 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,317 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 59 | #914 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,089 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,108 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,670 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,817 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,721 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,883 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,153 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,604 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,837 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,529 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,930 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,026 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,118 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,102 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,257 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,772 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,225 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Robby a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,780 Americans recorded as Robby, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 22 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Robby: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Robby, and how old are they?
9,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 10,780 Americans ever recorded as Robby. The median Robby alive today is 54 years old; half are between 42 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 8,454 people named Robby (265 women and girls, 8,189 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,349 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% 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 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,250 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,870 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 318 |
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 Robby born?
The states with the most babies named Robby are Texas, California and Georgia, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,317 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 876 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 402 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 371 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 299 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 290 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 260 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Indiana | 248 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 244 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 242 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Robby is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Robby is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1921 it was given 1.8 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 Robby 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 15,336 babies since 1880, Robby is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 22 of their 29 babies (76%), 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 Robby
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 Robby and names like it
- Compare Robby and RobyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRobby peaked in 1964.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Robby since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Robby.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Robby alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.