Robinson
Robinson was given to 31 boys in 2025, #3,640 among boys’ names; 2,921 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,420 Americans named Robinson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 14 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Robinson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Robinson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Robinson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈɹɑb.ɪn.sən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Robinson?
#3,640 among boys’ names, 2025
Robinson fell from #2,403 in 2015 to #3,640 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 28.2 to 18.1 per million.
64 babies in 2014, the peak
Robinson peaked in 2014, when 64 boys were given it, #2,150 among boys’ names. The 31 births of 2025 are 48% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,640 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,587 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,991 | 24.6 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,674 | 17.8 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,808 | 25.7 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,399 | 19.1 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,682 | 26.8 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,785 | 24.2 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,831 | 23.2 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,406 | 28.5 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54 | #2,403 | 28.2 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,150 | 33.3 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,159 | 32.8 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,260 | 30.6 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,583 | 25.3 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,718 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,457 | 16.1 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,572 | 24.0 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,071 | 18.3 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,276 | 27.2 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,599 | 21.5 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,267 | 15.1 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,907 | 17.2 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,494 | 20.6 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,296 | 22.6 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,845 | 16.3 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,844 | 28.1 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,262 | 20.9 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,119 | 22.3 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,132 | 21.1 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,164 | 20.0 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,289 | 18.1 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,814 | 24.0 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,648 | 26.5 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,711 | 23.8 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,605 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,528 | 27.0 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,634 | 23.0 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,787 | 19.8 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,505 | 24.4 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,662 | 20.6 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,756 | 18.3 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,555 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,762 | 18.2 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,655 | 20.1 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,993 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,357 | 12.2 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,645 | 20.7 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,438 | 11.6 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,223 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,620 | 20.5 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,534 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,970 | 14.1 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,918 | 14.2 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,974 | 12.4 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,837 | 12.9 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,713 | 13.4 |
| 1968 | 17 | #2,016 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,841 | 10.9 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,114 | 8.4 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,060 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,784 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,030 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,581 | 12.6 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,866 | 9.4 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,961 | 8.4 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,391 | 6.1 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,478 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,497 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,151 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,839 | 9.2 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,029 | 7.8 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,165 | 7.1 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,480 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,228 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,182 | 7.3 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,006 | 8.5 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,259 | 4.0 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,639 | 5.5 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,660 | 5.5 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,109 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,439 | 7.3 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,497 | 7.2 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,616 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,080 | 6.0 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,781 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,113 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,918 | 4.7 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,096 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,901 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,369 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,225 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,906 | 15.3 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,192 | 12.5 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,879 | 15.5 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,196 | 7.4 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,032 | 14.4 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,870 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,407 | 11.7 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,671 | 6.3 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,600 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,749 | 6.4 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,605 | 11.0 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,767 | 10.0 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,577 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,831 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,143 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,396 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,510 | 12.4 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,019 | 9.4 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,670 | 22.9 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,456 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,228 | 16.3 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,794 | 25.7 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,143 | 46.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Robinson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Robinson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Robinson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Robinson, and how old are they?
2,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 2,921 Americans ever recorded as Robinson. The median Robinson alive today is 28 years old; half are between 14 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 4,778 people named Robinson (224 women and girls, 4,554 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,292 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 29 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 188 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 313 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 639 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 674 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 579 |
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 Robinson born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | #2,732 | 0.6× |
Where Robinson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Robinson is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.2 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 Robinson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Robinson
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 Robinson and names like it
- Compare Robinson and BernardoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sRobinson peaked in 2014.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Robinson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Robinson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Robinson.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Robinson alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with RMost given first.