Robley
Robley was last recorded in 1972, when 6 babies were given it; 362 Americans have been recorded with it between 1908 and 1972 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Robley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Robley?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #4,862, in 1972; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
14 babies in 1945, the peak
Robley peaked in 1945, when 14 boys were given it, #1,913 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | #4,862 | 3.7 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,890 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,412 | 2.8 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,304 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,596 | 3.3 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,463 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,227 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,205 | 3.7 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,359 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,449 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (48)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 6 | #3,726 | 3.0 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,646 | 5.1 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,979 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,250 | 3.9 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,927 | 3.1 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,913 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,816 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,380 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,678 | 6.5 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,433 | 4.9 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,160 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,782 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,939 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,176 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,420 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,200 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,225 | 6.8 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,946 | 8.1 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,048 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,751 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,197 | 7.4 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,062 | 5.4 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,710 | 6.2 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,100 | 5.4 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,449 | 7.1 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,157 | 5.5 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,477 | 7.4 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,852 | 4.5 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,329 | 8.2 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,315 | 7.9 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,157 | 8.6 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,811 | 6.7 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,786 | 10.6 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,655 | 7.6 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,457 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,229 | 16.3 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,645 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 12 | #816 | 77.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Robley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Robley has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 48 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Robley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Robley, and how old are they?
An estimated 101 Americans named Robley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 66 and 81. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 266 people named Robley (19 women and girls, 247 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 133 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 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.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Robley
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 Robley and names like it
- Compare Robley and ThedoreBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRobley peaked in 1945.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Robley since 1910.
- The top names of 1945The year the most babies were named Robley.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Robley alive today were born 1946-1964.
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