Roby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Roby

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,474 babies named Roby between 1884 and 2023, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roby performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Roby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Roby in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roby 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 2,474 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.