Robena — girls' name
590 babies named Robena in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Robena was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Robena in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Robena
The Social Security Administration has registered 590 babies named Robena between 1897 and 1974, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Robena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Robena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Robena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Robena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Robena 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 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.
Robena at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Robena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1897
- Peak year (1920)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
590 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 29 births in a single year.
Robena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 171 births that decade — 29% of Robena's all-time total
Robena decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Robena's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Robena by state
Where Robena concentrates geographically — total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 97 | 16.4% |
97 of 590 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 16.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 16.4% 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, 1897–1974 (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.