Boys' name · since 1916
Robet
945 babies named Robet in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,320 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 945
- born since 1916
- 1970s
- peak decade
Robet is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 945 have been recorded since 1916.
Robet has 945 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1993.
- #5,320 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 945 born since 1916
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Robet ranks #5,320 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 945 born since 1916, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,320 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 945
- born since 1916
- 1970s
- peak decade
Robet's 945 recorded births place it above 88.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Robet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Robet splits its recorded history at 1955: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Robet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1993
- Peak year (1969)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Robet by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (178 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Robet's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Robet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 27
1910s
27 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
84 births
- 1940s
1940s
135 births
- 1950s
1950s
126 births
- 1960s
1960s
168 births
- 1970s
1970s
178 births
- 1980s
1980s
141 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 178 births (19% of all-time use).
How Robet compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Robet's total volume
Robet by state
Where Robet concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
10 of 945 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Robet's data
- Robet's decade-level peak was the 1970s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Robets (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Robet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~77 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Robet draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.