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Bobby Name Popularity

How popular is the name Bobby? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 675 5 0.0013%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 1,306 5 0.0007%
1915 1,428 5 0.0006%
1916 1,015 13 0.0013%
1917 800 28 0.0028%
1918 685 48 0.0045%
1919 687 47 0.0045%
1920 462 132 0.0119%
1921 365 232 0.0203%
1922 293 335 0.0301%
1923 259 438 0.0391%
1924 193 705 0.0607%
1925 149 1,063 0.094%
1926 117 1,564 0.1422%
1927 91 2,261 0.2043%
1928 65 2,945 0.2752%
1929 50 3,903 0.3768%
1930 41 5,166 0.4946%
1931 32 5,845 0.5922%
1932 30 6,575 0.6655%
1933 26 6,469 0.6944%
1934 23 7,501 0.7759%
1935 24 7,705 0.7929%
1936 24 7,720 0.8014%
1937 24 7,728 0.7843%
1938 27 7,475 0.7302%
1939 29 7,028 0.6909%
1940 30 6,867 0.6461%
1941 35 6,573 0.584%
1942 43 6,217 0.4923%
1943 46 6,106 0.4677%
1944 50 5,384 0.4344%
1945 53 5,024 0.4119%
1946 53 5,742 0.3891%
1947 61 6,101 0.3655%
1948 62 5,560 0.3483%
1949 67 5,100 0.317%
1950 65 4,996 0.3103%
1951 78 4,976 0.2935%
1952 78 4,933 0.2826%
1953 74 5,153 0.2912%
1954 72 5,485 0.3001%
1955 75 5,198 0.2826%
1956 77 5,334 0.2824%
1957 78 5,602 0.2911%
1958 69 5,719 0.3026%
1959 72 5,657 0.2977%
1960 73 5,631 0.2972%
1961 77 5,382 0.2851%
1962 78 5,319 0.2897%
1963 75 5,206 0.29%
1964 73 5,075 0.2883%
1965 80 4,584 0.2803%
1966 82 4,051 0.2595%
1967 83 3,760 0.2478%
1968 81 3,611 0.2405%
1969 82 3,636 0.236%
1970 87 3,612 0.227%
1971 80 3,633 0.2418%
1972 90 3,152 0.2314%
1973 93 2,867 0.2211%
1974 92 2,765 0.2127%
1975 93 2,753 0.2142%
1976 97 2,623 0.2035%
1977 104 2,530 0.1877%
1978 109 2,384 0.1773%
1979 106 2,569 0.1822%
1980 109 2,708 0.1852%
1981 110 2,644 0.1799%
1982 112 2,593 0.1735%
1983 118 2,339 0.1585%
1984 130 2,104 0.1414%
1985 136 2,072 0.1365%
1986 131 2,078 0.1377%
1987 147 1,859 0.1218%
1988 162 1,696 0.1088%
1989 170 1,741 0.1079%
1990 185 1,657 0.1%
1991 203 1,490 0.0914%
1992 220 1,355 0.0849%
1993 237 1,201 0.077%
1994 252 1,109 0.0723%
1995 270 1,013 0.0672%
1996 290 897 0.0599%
1997 300 877 0.0593%
1998 326 804 0.0537%
1999 358 705 0.0471%
2000 363 691 0.0452%
2001 392 610 0.0405%
2002 398 609 0.0406%
2003 450 520 0.0342%
2004 445 542 0.0356%
2005 493 464 0.0303%
2006 481 514 0.0328%
2007 511 475 0.0301%
2008 518 482 0.0312%
2009 562 426 0.0285%
2010 548 417 0.0289%
2011 678 295 0.0207%
2012 682 297 0.0208%
2013 647 322 0.0226%
2014 738 266 0.0183%
2015 712 283 0.0194%
2016 722 282 0.0196%
2017 739 256 0.0183%
2018 781 225 0.0164%
2019 828 198 0.0146%
2020 841 217 0.017%
2021 1,023 163 0.0133%
2022 1,013 168 0.0127%

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What names sound like Bobby?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Bobbee

English

Bobbey

English

Bobbie

Bright fame

German

Bubba

Boy

German

What names are similar to Bobby?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cobby

He who supplants

Hebrew

Robby

Bright fame

German

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Siblings of Bobby

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Jarah

Boldness, bravery

Arabic

8 Comments

  1. You needed rest!

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  2. It’s his grandpa’s name

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  3. It’s Robert after his only living grandpa who goes by Bob so baby goes by Bobby Dean His middle name is after my dad who passed away

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  4. Bobby is short for Robert, we had twin boys and named them Robert and William, after both our fathers. I was planning to keep their names, and not call them any nicknames. But my husband had other ideas. He only calls William, Billy, and only calls Robert, Bobby. Bobby & Billy. And it Stuck. It’s more of a pet name and when they start school they will have to go by their full names. I don’t like the name Bob for a man neither Bill. Although I think it’s cute short therm.

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  5. Our son is named after his father and grandfather.

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  6. My husband’s name is Robert so we named our son after him and his grandfather by the same name. Bobby is short for Robert.

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  7. We chose Bobby because it was my husbands brothers name who was killed by a dui driver. He got his name from his grandfather who’s name was Robert called Bobby. Since it was my husbands first we kept the family name going.

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  8. His legal name is Robert and is named after my husband who I refer to as Robert. I like his name, but wanted something cuter, so he’s Bobby from the time he was born! The only thing I dislike is that my husband’s family still calls my husband Bobby so it can get a little confusing who we are talking about when we are with his family. Nowadays, it’s a unique name and I like that.

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