Robel — #5733 US boys' name
700 babies named Robel in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Robel was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Robel in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Robel
The Social Security Administration has registered 700 babies named Robel between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Robel currently holds the #5733 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Robel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Robel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Nevada. In total, SSA state-level files list Robel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Robel 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 700 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.
Robel at a glance
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Current rank
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Robel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2009)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #5733 among boys.
700 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 35 births in a single year.
Robel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 236 births that decade — 34% of Robel's all-time total
Robel decade highlights
- Peak decade 236 births
- Runner-up 222 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Robel's strongest decade
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Robel by state
Where Robel concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Nevada | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 0.7% |
26 of 700 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
- Nevada 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
- Washington 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.