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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |