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.

Roby

#2,681 most common boys' name of all time · #6,456 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#2,681
Rank overall
#6,456 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
2,599
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1964 #1,073
Best rank
#841 1901
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Roby first appears in 1884. 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 — 7 7 #9,742
2023 — 10 10 #7,759
2022 — 10 10 #7,794
2021 — 5 5 #12,205
2020 — 5 5 #12,069
2019 — 12 12 #6,791
2018 — 7 7 #9,700
2017 — 8 8 #8,870
2016 — 5 5 #12,235
2015 — 5 5 #12,130
2011 — 12 12 #6,591
2010 — 12 12 #6,709
2009 — 15 15 #5,813
2008 — 11 11 #7,210
2007 — 10 10 #7,608
2006 — 8 8 #8,761
2005 — 8 8 #8,335
2004 — 18 18 #4,609
2003 — 5 5 #10,951
2002 — 18 18 #4,332
2001 — 11 11 #6,042
2000 — 18 18 #4,219
1999 — 10 10 #6,072
1998 — 11 11 #5,487
1997 — 16 16 #4,075
1996 — 21 21 #3,302
1995 — 14 14 #4,303
1994 — 8 8 #6,405
1993 — 9 9 #5,793
1992 — 14 14 #4,128
1991 — 13 13 #4,252
1990 — 21 21 #2,966
1989 — 16 16 #3,471
1988 — 24 24 #2,447
1987 — 12 12 #3,759
1986 — 11 11 #3,916
1985 — 13 13 #3,421
1984 — 8 8 #4,589
1983 — 11 11 #3,660
1982 — 17 17 #2,731
1981 — 16 16 #2,798
1980 — 15 15 #2,984
1979 5 20 25 #2,389
1978 — 19 19 #2,389
1977 — 21 21 #2,220
1976 — 22 22 #2,122
1975 5 17 22 #2,466
1974 — 27 27 #1,753
1973 — 26 26 #1,753
1972 — 33 33 #1,483
1971 — 27 27 #1,715
1970 — 33 33 #1,468
1969 — 37 37 #1,308
1968 — 31 31 #1,403
1967 — 24 24 #1,581
1966 — 27 27 #1,491
1965 — 38 38 #1,238
1964 — 50 50 #1,073
1963 — 37 37 #1,287
1962 — 37 37 #1,284
1961 — 41 41 #1,238
1960 6 36 42 #1,329
1959 — 30 30 #1,450
1958 — 32 32 #1,382
1957 — 29 29 #1,469
1956 7 35 42 #1,304
1955 — 24 24 #1,589
1954 6 30 36 #1,392
1953 — 30 30 #1,388
1952 — 15 15 #2,027
1951 — 18 18 #1,792
1950 — 17 17 #1,832
1949 — 35 35 #1,219
1948 — 33 33 #1,262
1947 5 43 48 #1,113
1946 — 33 33 #1,221
1945 — 20 20 #1,515
1944 5 26 31 #1,318
1943 — 27 27 #1,351
1942 — 25 25 #1,399
1941 — 20 20 #1,553
1940 — 27 27 #1,293
1939 — 19 19 #1,546
1938 5 20 25 #1,533
1937 — 24 24 #1,384
1936 — 30 30 #1,215
1935 — 29 29 #1,254
1934 — 36 36 #1,106
1933 — 13 13 #2,027
1932 — 26 26 #1,368
1931 — 23 23 #1,467
1930 — 22 22 #1,571
1929 — 26 26 #1,428
1928 — 17 17 #1,922
1927 8 24 32 #1,576
1926 — 28 28 #1,393
1925 6 28 34 #1,400
1924 8 29 37 #1,394
1923 — 29 29 #1,371
1922 5 27 32 #1,454
1921 6 28 34 #1,427
1920 6 31 37 #1,309
1919 — 39 39 #1,107
1918 5 44 49 #1,020
1917 — 26 26 #1,372
1916 7 29 36 #1,252
1915 9 24 33 #1,391
1914 — 24 24 #1,204
1913 8 15 23 #1,402
1912 — 6 6 #2,331
1911 — 9 9 #1,246
1910 — 6 6 #1,489
1909 — 6 6 #1,364
1908 — 9 9 #995
1907 — 6 6 #1,278
1904 6 6 12 #1,143
1901 — 8 8 #841
1900 — 5 5 #1,407
1899 — 6 6 #1,023
1898 — 8 8 #873
1896 — 8 8 #887
1895 — 6 6 #1,041
1894 — 5 5 #1,180
1890 — 7 7 #870
1888 — 6 6 #1,003
1886 — 6 6 #935
1884 — 6 6 #965