Girls' name · peaked in 1971

Bobbi name popularity since 1925

24,280 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bobbi. Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Bobbi is about 51 years old in 2026. Bobbi peaked in 1971 as the #314 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 24,280; Named Bobbi, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1971; #314 for girls that year
Typical age: About 51; Median birth year 1975
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,834 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.7% girls; 24,216 girls · 64 boys
Most popular in: Iowa; 2.50× its national share

Peak year is the year Bobbi made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Bobbi births per year, 1925–2025

1971 was the biggest year for Bobbi both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Bobbi became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 17,500 baby girls to 1 in 4,820.
Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 7,700 to 1 in 18,000.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Bobbi's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bobbi.

Decade by decade

Babies named Bobbi in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	115	0	#2,597
1940s	606	0	#941
1950s	2,625	0	#513
1960s	4,878	0	#381
1970s	6,863	52	#343
1980s	4,773	12	#487
1990s	2,442	0	#758
2000s	849	0	#2,529
2010s	589	0	#2,624
2020–25	476	0	#1,834

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

43.0% of babies named Bobbi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Bobbi is most popular

The index compares Bobbi's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bobbi.

State	Index	Babies
Iowa	2.50×	650
Nebraska	2.30×	330
West Virginia	2.26×	406
Wisconsin	1.95×	785
Pennsylvania	1.86×	1,934

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Bobbi and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Bobbi (this page)	24,216	1971
Bobbie	84,360	1934

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bobbi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bobbi.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Bobbi (1971).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data