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.

Robert

#3 most common boys' name of all time · #3 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#3
Rank overall
#3 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
4,869,849
Since 2016
45,968
Peak year
1947 #2
Best rank
#1 1924
Girls Boys peak 91,892/yr
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Robert 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 5 3,772 3,777 #92
2024 — 3,806 3,806 #90
2023 6 3,827 3,833 #88
2022 6 4,082 4,088 #84
2021 — 4,436 4,436 #79
2020 — 4,402 4,402 #80
2019 6 4,853 4,859 #76
2018 — 5,191 5,191 #71
2017 — 5,566 5,566 #65
2016 — 6,010 6,010 #62
2015 8 6,137 6,145 #63
2014 8 6,660 6,668 #60
2013 8 6,721 6,729 #62
2012 7 6,963 6,970 #60
2011 9 6,984 6,993 #62
2010 12 7,569 7,581 #54
2009 11 7,842 7,853 #55
2008 7 8,841 8,848 #49
2007 9 9,388 9,397 #47
2006 11 9,911 9,922 #47
2005 17 10,166 10,183 #37
2004 35 10,684 10,719 #36
2003 16 11,399 11,415 #35
2002 14 12,031 12,045 #34
2001 21 12,665 12,686 #30
2000 23 13,739 13,762 #29
1999 24 14,540 14,564 #26
1998 28 15,527 15,555 #23
1997 36 16,304 16,340 #23
1996 37 17,676 17,713 #23
1995 44 18,586 18,630 #22
1994 52 20,560 20,612 #21
1993 70 22,447 22,517 #17
1992 60 24,094 24,154 #17
1991 77 26,839 26,916 #13
1990 109 28,886 28,995 #13
1989 126 30,072 30,198 #10
1988 182 30,319 30,501 #10
1987 219 30,237 30,456 #10
1986 241 31,350 31,591 #9
1985 238 32,094 32,332 #8
1984 230 31,768 31,998 #9
1983 255 32,745 33,000 #10
1982 233 34,409 34,642 #9
1981 228 34,395 34,623 #9
1980 254 34,266 34,520 #9
1979 252 34,015 34,267 #8
1978 254 33,374 33,628 #8
1977 238 34,214 34,452 #6
1976 236 33,789 34,025 #7
1975 245 35,306 35,551 #6
1974 241 37,005 37,246 #7
1973 249 38,698 38,947 #7
1972 288 43,013 43,301 #6
1971 298 50,634 50,932 #5
1970 327 57,177 57,504 #5
1969 335 58,300 58,635 #5
1968 265 58,174 58,439 #5
1967 254 56,369 56,623 #5
1966 251 59,317 59,568 #5
1965 255 63,106 63,361 #5
1964 279 69,980 70,259 #5
1963 255 70,007 70,262 #5
1962 229 70,199 70,428 #5
1961 289 72,977 73,266 #5
1960 268 72,357 72,625 #5
1959 235 74,542 74,777 #5
1958 237 77,338 77,575 #4
1957 255 81,765 82,020 #4
1956 214 83,924 84,138 #3
1955 232 83,758 83,990 #4
1954 192 86,331 86,523 #2
1953 228 86,243 86,471 #1
1952 193 86,588 86,781 #2
1951 210 86,353 86,563 #2
1950 203 83,553 83,756 #2
1949 202 83,873 84,075 #2
1948 209 85,478 85,687 #2
1947 237 91,655 91,892 #2
1946 214 84,136 84,350 #2
1945 198 69,947 70,145 #2
1944 194 70,855 71,049 #2
1943 250 74,892 75,142 #2
1942 208 71,845 72,053 #2
1941 196 64,247 64,443 #2
1940 206 61,198 61,404 #2
1939 208 59,666 59,874 #1
1938 219 62,271 62,490 #1
1937 223 61,842 62,065 #1
1936 221 58,500 58,721 #1
1935 231 56,527 56,758 #1
1934 266 55,843 56,109 #1
1933 273 54,221 54,494 #1
1932 326 59,268 59,594 #1
1931 343 60,519 60,862 #1
1930 426 62,153 62,579 #1
1929 441 59,807 60,248 #1
1928 434 60,701 61,135 #1
1927 411 61,674 62,085 #1
1926 369 61,130 61,499 #1
1925 350 60,895 61,245 #1
1924 299 60,802 61,101 #1
1923 250 56,111 56,361 #2
1922 237 53,796 54,033 #2
1921 244 52,779 53,023 #2
1920 205 48,679 48,884 #3
1919 184 41,025 41,209 #4
1918 178 40,619 40,797 #4
1917 168 35,220 35,388 #4
1916 122 31,741 31,863 #4
1915 116 28,737 28,853 #4
1914 80 21,188 21,268 #4
1913 72 15,684 15,756 #4
1912 64 12,836 12,900 #4
1911 39 6,526 6,565 #5
1910 29 5,609 5,638 #4
1909 25 4,563 4,588 #5
1908 26 4,219 4,245 #5
1907 22 4,020 4,042 #5
1906 16 3,635 3,651 #5
1905 21 3,410 3,431 #6
1904 13 3,414 3,427 #5
1903 13 3,044 3,057 #7
1902 21 3,180 3,201 #6
1901 16 2,543 2,559 #7
1900 24 3,821 3,845 #6
1899 18 2,609 2,627 #7
1898 12 2,932 2,944 #7
1897 18 2,701 2,719 #8
1896 28 2,719 2,747 #8
1895 20 2,635 2,655 #8
1894 21 2,497 2,518 #8
1893 17 2,563 2,580 #8
1892 17 2,710 2,727 #8
1891 9 2,240 2,249 #8
1890 12 2,541 2,553 #8
1889 14 2,513 2,527 #9
1888 19 2,814 2,833 #8
1887 8 2,125 2,133 #10
1886 16 2,443 2,459 #8
1885 11 2,322 2,333 #9
1884 7 2,468 2,475 #10
1883 11 2,334 2,345 #9
1882 12 2,500 2,512 #10
1881 9 2,140 2,149 #11
1880 12 2,415 2,427 #10