Robyn
Robyn was given to 150 girls in 2025, #1,441 among girls’ names; 64,604 Americans have been recorded with it since 1921 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 58,700 Americans named Robyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 39 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Robyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Robyn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Robyn is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Robyn?
#1,441 among girls’ names, 2025
Robyn fell from #1,047 in 2015 to #1,441 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.14 to 0.09 per 1,000.
1,907 babies in 1964, the peak
Robyn peaked in 1964, when 1,907 babies were given it (1,882 girls, #195 among girls’ names). The 159 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 8% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,441 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 178 | #1,301 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,289 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 195 | #1,236 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,167 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 191 | #1,205 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 234 | #1,077 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 256 | #1,017 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 235 | #1,081 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 246 | #1,062 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 252 | #1,047 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 242 | #1,066 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 202 | #1,191 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 180 | #1,313 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 164 | #1,401 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 153 | #1,479 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 177 | #1,351 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 162 | #1,460 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 191 | #1,287 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 184 | #1,289 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 202 | #1,151 | 0.11 |
| 2004 | 249 | #962 | 0.14 |
| 2003 | 263 | #908 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 282 | #829 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 294 | #803 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 350 | #683 | 0.19 |
| 1999 | 396 | #614 | 0.22 |
| 1998 | 526 | #485 | 0.30 |
| 1997 | 498 | #499 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 516 | #477 | 0.29 |
| 1995 | 502 | #492 | 0.29 |
| 1994 | 566 | #450 | 0.32 |
| 1993 | 677 | #379 | 0.37 |
| 1992 | 750 | #347 | 0.41 |
| 1991 | 792 | #334 | 0.42 |
| 1990 | 886 | #309 | 0.47 |
| 1989 | 912 | #287 | 0.49 |
| 1988 | 984 | #259 | 0.55 |
| 1987 | 1,050 | #246 | 0.60 |
| 1986 | 1,261 | #208 | 0.74 |
| 1985 | 1,010 | #253 | 0.59 |
| 1984 | 1,097 | #231 | 0.65 |
| 1983 | 1,270 | #203 | 0.76 |
| 1982 | 1,314 | #208 | 0.78 |
| 1981 | 1,367 | #195 | 0.82 |
| 1980 | 1,501 | #182 | 0.90 |
| 1979 | 1,399 | #191 | 0.87 |
| 1978 | 1,378 | #187 | 0.90 |
| 1977 | 1,511 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,428 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,510 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,596 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1973 | 1,475 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,472 | #193 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,417 | #217 | 0.85 |
| 1970 | 1,498 | #211 | 0.86 |
| 1969 | 1,687 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,415 | #214 | 0.86 |
| 1967 | 1,190 | #241 | 0.72 |
| 1966 | 1,418 | #215 | 0.84 |
| 1965 | 1,393 | #227 | 0.79 |
| 1964 | 1,882 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,695 | #207 | 0.88 |
| 1962 | 1,660 | #209 | 0.84 |
| 1961 | 1,534 | #219 | 0.76 |
| 1960 | 1,226 | #250 | 0.61 |
| 1959 | 1,131 | #261 | 0.56 |
| 1958 | 1,187 | #252 | 0.59 |
| 1957 | 1,187 | #249 | 0.58 |
| 1956 | 1,225 | #235 | 0.61 |
| 1955 | 1,009 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1954 | 946 | #275 | 0.49 |
| 1953 | 662 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1952 | 515 | #364 | 0.28 |
| 1951 | 408 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 333 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 325 | #440 | 0.19 |
| 1948 | 305 | #458 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 329 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1946 | 135 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 67 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,426 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,282 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,897 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,691 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,515 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,607 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,483 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,710 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,745 | under 0.01 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,301 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,995 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Robyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 64,604 Americans recorded as Robyn, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 150 girls and 9 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Robyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Robyn, and how old are they?
58,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 64,604 Americans ever recorded as Robyn. The median Robyn alive today is 51 years old; half are between 39 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 58,115 people named Robyn (57,207 women and girls, 908 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 59,329 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 164 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 21,900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,260 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,830 |
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 Robyn born?
The states with the most babies named Robyn are California, New York and Texas, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,070 | #1,019 | 1.0× |
| New York | 4,335 | #1,297 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 3,807 | #1,150 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 3,180 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 2,779 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,715 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 2,615 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 2,230 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 2,164 | #1,524 | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 1,845 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Robyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Robyn is most over-represented in Utah: since 1921 it was given 2.6 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 girls’ 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 Robyn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 416,794 babies since 1880, Robyn is the second most given (16% of them). In 2025 it was given to 159 of their 949 babies (17%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Robyn
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 Robyn and names like it
- Compare Robyn and RobinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRobyn peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Robyn since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Robyn.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Robyn alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.