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.

Bobby

#111 most common boys' name of all time · #237 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#111
Rank overall
#237 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
324,728
Since 2016
2,454
Peak year
1935 #24
Best rank
#23 1934
Girls Boys peak 7,971/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Bobby first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 195 207 #1,100
2024 9 192 201 #1,115
2023 169 169 #1,193
2022 10 214 224 #1,034
2021 7 216 223 #1,017
2020 268 268 #851
2019 8 250 258 #880
2018 7 272 279 #823
2017 5 298 303 #786
2016 322 322 #756
2015 328 328 #740
2014 313 313 #755
2013 363 363 #666
2012 6 331 337 #714
2011 346 346 #682
2010 5 458 463 #552
2009 5 458 463 #576
2008 6 515 521 #524
2007 523 523 #503
2006 6 546 552 #484
2005 505 505 #490
2004 8 573 581 #453
2003 8 559 567 #453
2002 6 644 650 #399
2001 8 655 663 #389
2000 12 730 742 #364
1999 11 729 740 #359
1998 19 835 854 #325
1997 11 913 924 #299
1996 22 932 954 #290
1995 20 1,046 1,066 #269
1994 19 1,136 1,155 #255
1993 22 1,221 1,243 #238
1992 21 1,387 1,408 #221
1991 36 1,508 1,544 #207
1990 29 1,677 1,706 #185
1989 51 1,759 1,810 #172
1988 30 1,715 1,745 #163
1987 45 1,889 1,934 #147
1986 57 2,105 2,162 #130
1985 50 2,094 2,144 #135
1984 49 2,119 2,168 #129
1983 90 2,357 2,447 #118
1982 101 2,605 2,706 #113
1981 99 2,658 2,757 #110
1980 108 2,724 2,832 #109
1979 115 2,584 2,699 #106
1978 97 2,398 2,495 #110
1977 110 2,539 2,649 #105
1976 110 2,644 2,754 #96
1975 104 2,772 2,876 #93
1974 117 2,792 2,909 #92
1973 115 2,889 3,004 #93
1972 113 3,171 3,284 #90
1971 133 3,652 3,785 #79
1970 147 3,636 3,783 #87
1969 115 3,652 3,767 #82
1968 101 3,628 3,729 #81
1967 98 3,779 3,877 #83
1966 82 4,068 4,150 #82
1965 87 4,588 4,675 #80
1964 111 5,082 5,193 #73
1963 94 5,212 5,306 #75
1962 108 5,323 5,431 #78
1961 123 5,402 5,525 #76
1960 102 5,656 5,758 #73
1959 125 5,677 5,802 #71
1958 98 5,735 5,833 #69
1957 113 5,617 5,730 #78
1956 106 5,358 5,464 #77
1955 115 5,223 5,338 #75
1954 131 5,507 5,638 #72
1953 136 5,179 5,315 #74
1952 131 4,960 5,091 #77
1951 134 5,006 5,140 #77
1950 129 5,019 5,148 #65
1949 155 5,120 5,275 #67
1948 139 5,581 5,720 #62
1947 184 6,116 6,300 #60
1946 172 5,771 5,943 #53
1945 129 5,052 5,181 #53
1944 171 5,410 5,581 #50
1943 148 6,121 6,269 #46
1942 132 6,248 6,380 #43
1941 176 6,589 6,765 #35
1940 149 6,882 7,031 #30
1939 147 7,057 7,204 #29
1938 191 7,498 7,689 #27
1937 208 7,745 7,953 #25
1936 193 7,735 7,928 #24
1935 245 7,726 7,971 #24
1934 247 7,532 7,779 #23
1933 259 6,490 6,749 #26
1932 250 6,597 6,847 #30
1931 242 5,858 6,100 #32
1930 262 5,181 5,443 #41
1929 209 3,925 4,134 #50
1928 193 2,972 3,165 #65
1927 178 2,286 2,464 #91
1926 144 1,595 1,739 #116
1925 111 1,085 1,196 #150
1924 99 733 832 #191
1923 76 470 546 #260
1922 65 370 435 #293
1921 45 274 319 #365
1920 53 170 223 #468
1919 37 93 130 #632
1918 46 81 127 #704
1917 29 62 91 #803
1916 31 49 80 #912
1915 24 42 66 #977
1914 21 36 57 #928
1913 13 14 27 #1,477
1912 24 14 38 #1,335
1911 10 12 22 #1,029
1910 16 8 24 #1,296
1909 5 9 14 #1,072
1908 6 6 #1,338
1907 9 5 14 #1,488
1906 7 7 #1,102
1905 11 11 #783
1904 8 8 16 #958
1901 7 7
1900 5 7 12 #1,146