Robert Name Popularity

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How popular is Robert?

Ranking 71st in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Robert is popular.

Currently in the top 100, this name has been part of the top 100 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 1, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1924 and as recently as 1953.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 91,640 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Robert was 2,125 in 1887.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Robert occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1897-1900, 1903-1924, and 1939-1947, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1954-1960, 1961-1967, 1968-1976, 1981-1984, 1988-2009, and 2014-2017.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Robert be?

The popularity trend for Robert has steadily decreased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Robert for their newborn has dropped.

The name Robert is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Robert is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Robert (Girl)		Robert (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	5,140	71
2017		< 5	--	5,528	65
2016		< 5	--	5,989	62
2015		8	12,754	6,119	63
2014		8	12,820	6,640	60
2013		8	12,913	6,712	62
2012		7	14,667	6,951	60
2011		9	11,955	6,972	62
2010		12	9,676	7,555	54
2009		11	10,516	7,831	55
2008		7	15,063	8,831	49
2007		9	12,445	9,377	47
2006		11	10,455	9,901	47
2005		17	7,077	10,160	37
2004		35	4,071	10,678	36
2003		16	7,132	11,393	35
2002		14	7,742	12,027	34
2001		21	5,526	12,664	30
2000		23	5,114	13,738	29
1999		24	4,697	14,539	26
1998		28	4,113	15,524	23
1997		36	3,284	16,304	23
1996		37	3,216	17,673	23
1995		44	2,776	18,583	22
1994		52	2,452	20,556	21
1993		70	2,005	22,444	17
1992		59	2,264	24,089	17
1991		77	1,849	26,832	13
1990		109	1,443	28,874	13
1989		126	1,256	30,065	10
1988		182	932	30,317	10
1987		219	801	30,229	10
1986		241	738	31,349	9
1985		238	724	32,090	8
1984		230	719	31,773	9
1983		255	671	32,746	10
1982		233	732	34,425	9
1981		228	726	34,406	9
1980		254	684	34,280	9
1979		252	681	34,026	8
1978		254	642	33,396	8
1977		238	666	34,217	7
1976		236	654	33,810	7
1975		244	637	35,335	6
1974		242	634	37,031	7
1973		249	619	38,701	7
1972		288	573	43,037	6
1971		297	587	50,654	5
1970		327	562	57,203	5
1969		335	538	58,325	5
1968		265	591	58,211	5
1967		255	598	56,381	5
1966		251	597	59,330	5
1965		255	609	63,123	5
1964		279	594	70,003	5
1963		255	634	70,012	5
1962		229	681	70,196	5
1961		289	592	72,901	5
1960		271	609	72,360	5
1959		237	652	74,502	5
1958		235	642	77,272	4
1957		255	613	81,717	4
1956		215	655	83,917	3
1955		234	604	83,703	4
1954		192	672	86,298	2
1953		228	589	86,256	1
1952		193	641	86,604	2
1951		210	595	86,351	2
1950		203	594	83,559	2
1949		202	584	83,872	2
1948		208	581	85,475	2
1947		237	551	91,640	2
1946		214	542	84,138	2
1945		198	518	69,937	2
1944		194	519	70,843	2
1943		250	468	74,865	2
1942		208	515	71,838	2
1941		196	498	64,233	2
1940		206	467	61,196	2
1939		209	465	59,645	1
1938		218	456	62,268	1
1937		223	441	61,835	1
1936		221	433	58,492	1
1935		231	426	56,524	1
1934		266	398	55,829	1
1933		273	391	54,218	1
1932		326	353	59,266	1
1931		343	345	60,508	1
1930		425	321	62,149	1
1929		440	314	59,798	1
1928		435	315	60,699	1
1927		411	332	61,669	1
1926		369	349	61,130	1
1925		350	364	60,897	1
1924		299	398	60,801	1
1923		250	425	56,117	2
1922		237	439	53,793	2
1921		244	439	52,784	2
1920		205	476	48,676	3
1919		184	496	41,027	4
1918		178	519	40,620	4
1917		168	515	35,220	4
1916		122	614	31,741	4
1915		116	609	28,738	4
1914		80	649	21,188	4
1913		72	614	15,684	4
1912		64	619	12,836	4
1911		39	702	6,526	5
1910		29	809	5,609	4
1909		25	828	4,563	5
1908		26	765	4,219	5
1907		22	812	4,020	5
1906		16	953	3,635	5
1905		21	820	3,410	6
1904		13	1,043	3,414	5
1903		13	1,019	3,044	7
1902		21	770	3,180	6
1901		16	850	2,543	7
1900		24	757	3,821	6
1899		18	784	2,609	7
1898		12	1,040	2,932	7
1897		18	759	2,701	8
1896		28	592	2,719	8
1895		20	722	2,635	8
1894		21	660	2,497	8
1893		17	734	2,563	8
1892		17	720	2,710	8
1891		9	993	2,240	8
1890		12	818	2,541	8
1889		14	714	2,513	9
1888		19	591	2,814	8
1887		8	928	2,125	11
1886		16	568	2,443	8
1885		11	692	2,322	9
1884		7	911	2,468	10
1883		11	608	2,334	9
1882		12	557	2,500	10
1881		9	618	2,140	11
1880		12	515	2,415	10

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.