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.

Bobette

#5,482 most common girls' name of all time · #9,295 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–1977

Rank among girls
#5,482
Rank overall
#9,295 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,464
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1954 #1,362
Best rank
#1,328 1953
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
192019401960

Bobette first appears in 1915. 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
1977 8 — 8 #7,012
1976 5 — 5 #9,542
1975 6 — 6 #8,159
1974 6 — 6 #7,842
1973 14 — 14 #4,209
1972 15 — 15 #3,953
1971 21 — 21 #3,199
1970 28 — 28 #2,600
1969 26 — 26 #2,605
1968 25 — 25 #2,499
1967 28 — 28 #2,293
1966 30 — 30 #2,172
1965 34 — 34 #2,012
1964 38 — 38 #1,933
1963 39 — 39 #1,878
1962 39 — 39 #1,840
1961 41 — 41 #1,793
1960 46 — 46 #1,663
1959 36 — 36 #1,867
1958 23 — 23 #2,416
1957 35 — 35 #1,857
1956 51 — 51 #1,492
1955 42 — 42 #1,592
1954 55 — 55 #1,362
1953 54 — 54 #1,328
1952 52 — 52 #1,345
1951 42 — 42 #1,458
1950 39 — 39 #1,490
1949 33 — 33 #1,648
1948 39 — 39 #1,494
1947 43 — 43 #1,429
1946 31 — 31 #1,609
1945 28 — 28 #1,574
1944 29 — 29 #1,537
1943 25 — 25 #1,743
1942 32 — 32 #1,463
1941 19 — 19 #1,939
1940 18 — 18 #1,949
1939 20 — 20 #1,784
1938 14 — 14 #2,314
1937 17 — 17 #1,983
1936 15 — 15 #2,129
1935 17 — 17 #1,991
1934 9 — 9 #3,091
1933 16 — 16 #2,037
1932 11 — 11 #2,782
1931 12 — 12 #2,555
1930 6 — 6 #4,339
1929 15 — 15 #2,282
1928 16 — 16 #2,276
1927 18 — 18 #2,164
1926 7 — 7 #4,161
1925 8 — 8 #3,941
1924 12 — 12 #2,953
1923 15 — 15 #2,459
1922 15 — 15 #2,471
1921 8 — 8 #3,934
1920 13 — 13 #2,722
1919 5 — 5 #5,167
1918 5 — 5 #5,186
1917 9 — 9 #3,315
1915 6 — 6 #4,142