Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bob

#331 most common boys' name of all time · #730 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#331
Rank overall
#730 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
93,308
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1959 #128
Best rank
#75 1934
Girls Boys peak 2,834/yr
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Bob is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,719
2024 — 7 7 #9,900
2023 — 9 9 #8,260
2022 — 5 5 #12,341
2020 — 12 12 #6,625
2019 — 14 14 #6,105
2018 — 18 18 #5,106
2017 — 18 18 #5,114
2016 — 13 13 #6,352
2015 — 14 14 #6,000
2014 — 6 6 #10,731
2013 — 19 19 #4,805
2012 — 8 8 #8,870
2011 — 14 14 #5,947
2010 — 10 10 #7,594
2009 — 22 22 #4,431
2008 — 23 23 #4,267
2007 — 8 8 #8,922
2006 — 12 12 #6,464
2005 — 24 24 #3,817
2004 — 19 19 #4,423
2003 — 9 9 #7,255
2002 — 17 17 #4,504
2001 — 19 19 #4,123
2000 — 31 31 #2,866
1999 — 16 16 #4,341
1998 — 21 21 #3,488
1997 — 33 33 #2,450
1996 — 31 31 #2,484
1995 — 30 30 #2,502
1994 — 37 37 #2,181
1993 — 38 38 #2,092
1992 — 42 42 #1,914
1991 — 66 66 #1,399
1990 — 53 53 #1,565
1989 — 56 56 #1,479
1988 — 57 57 #1,375
1987 — 56 56 #1,317
1986 — 62 62 #1,217
1985 — 73 73 #1,084
1984 — 76 76 #1,022
1983 — 89 89 #936
1982 — 92 92 #933
1981 — 84 84 #987
1980 — 106 106 #862
1979 — 118 118 #798
1978 — 110 110 #813
1977 — 120 120 #778
1976 — 139 139 #706
1975 — 167 167 #625
1974 — 170 170 #618
1973 — 207 207 #545
1972 — 221 221 #535
1971 — 325 325 #449
1970 5 406 411 #399
1969 — 425 425 #380
1968 — 477 477 #354
1967 10 535 545 #323
1966 5 684 689 #280
1965 — 1,003 1,003 #230
1964 — 1,432 1,432 #198
1963 6 1,847 1,853 #167
1962 5 2,163 2,168 #152
1961 5 2,504 2,509 #141
1960 — 2,719 2,719 #131
1959 8 2,826 2,834 #128
1958 — 2,518 2,518 #139
1957 6 1,814 1,820 #171
1956 — 1,020 1,020 #228
1955 6 799 805 #248
1954 5 697 702 #267
1953 5 690 695 #264
1952 — 756 756 #247
1951 — 806 806 #237
1950 — 976 976 #204
1949 6 1,466 1,472 #162
1948 5 1,960 1,965 #141
1947 5 2,514 2,519 #115
1946 — 2,493 2,493 #107
1945 5 2,176 2,181 #107
1944 6 2,133 2,139 #109
1943 8 2,275 2,283 #110
1942 7 2,203 2,210 #110
1941 7 2,074 2,081 #103
1940 5 2,082 2,087 #99
1939 8 2,244 2,252 #89
1938 7 2,204 2,211 #94
1937 14 2,364 2,378 #81
1936 8 2,408 2,416 #77
1935 10 2,389 2,399 #81
1934 8 2,478 2,486 #75
1933 12 2,222 2,234 #82
1932 16 2,424 2,440 #79
1931 10 2,318 2,328 #78
1930 13 2,242 2,255 #88
1929 6 2,103 2,109 #89
1928 11 2,093 2,104 #95
1927 14 1,970 1,984 #100
1926 9 1,778 1,787 #102
1925 6 1,369 1,375 #129
1924 7 1,167 1,174 #142
1923 11 916 927 #164
1922 — 787 787 #179
1921 10 798 808 #178
1920 — 710 710 #189
1919 6 548 554 #222
1918 5 477 482 #244
1917 6 352 358 #273
1916 — 304 304 #296
1915 — 296 296 #292
1914 — 217 217 #307
1913 5 164 169 #314
1912 — 141 141 #306
1911 — 76 76 #309
1910 — 103 103 #231
1909 — 58 58 #299
1908 — 77 77 #242
1907 — 77 77 #231
1906 — 69 69 #235
1905 — 58 58 #260
1904 — 65 65 #234
1903 — 66 66 #223
1902 — 64 64 #225
1901 — 49 49 #247
1900 — 98 98 #196
1899 — 59 59 #222
1898 — 61 61 #226
1897 — 53 53 #240
1896 — 45 45 #274
1895 — 54 54 #243
1894 — 48 48 #250
1893 — 59 59 #222
1892 — 61 61 #225
1891 — 55 55 #216
1890 — 53 53 #228
1889 — 51 51 #227
1888 — 59 59 #229
1887 — 74 74 #173
1886 — 66 66 #204
1885 — 52 52 #229
1884 — 50 50 #243
1883 — 62 62 #192
1882 — 59 59 #213
1881 — 50 50 #218
1880 — 46 46 #244