Girls' name · since 1916
Robinette
Robinette has 776 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 776
- born since 1916
- 1960s
- peak decade
Robinette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 776 have been recorded since 1916.
Robinette has 776 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1990.
- #8,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 776 born since 1916
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Robinette ranks #8,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 776 born since 1916, peaking in the 1960s.
- #8,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 776
- born since 1916
- 1960s
- peak decade
Robinette's 776 recorded births place it above 87.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Virginia.
Robinette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Robinette's full recorded timeline at 1958, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Robinette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1990
- Peak year (1963)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Robinette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (224 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Robinette's strongest decade.
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Robinette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 50
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 43
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 50
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
190 births
- 1960s
1960s
224 births
- 1970s
1970s
151 births
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 224 births (29% of all-time use).
How Robinette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Robinette's total volume
Robinette by state
Where Robinette concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
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What to do with Robinette's data
- Robinette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (224 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Robinettes (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Robinette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1916–1990 (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 Robinette 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.