Mostly girls · peaked in 1934
Bobbie name popularity since 1925
101,398 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bobbie (83.2% girls, 16.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Bobbie is about 78 years old in 2026. Bobbie peaked in 1934 as the #110 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 101,398
- Named Bobbie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1934
- #110 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,067 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 83.2% girls
- 84,360 girls · 17,038 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 6.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Bobbie 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.
Bobbie births per year, 1925–2025
1934 was the biggest year for Bobbie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Bobbie became 2.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 6,590 to 1 in 15,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Bobbie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bobbie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Bobbie 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 | 5,360 | 2,448 | – |
| 1930s | 19,479 | 6,228 | #116 |
| 1940s | 16,197 | 3,033 | #150 |
| 1950s | 12,685 | 1,718 | #237 |
| 1960s | 8,981 | 1,473 | #294 |
| 1970s | 10,576 | 951 | #233 |
| 1980s | 6,353 | 656 | #404 |
| 1990s | 2,892 | 298 | #667 |
| 2000s | 961 | 127 | #2,077 |
| 2010s | 491 | 79 | #3,606 |
| 2020–25 | 385 | 27 | #2,067 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.2% of babies named Bobbie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Bobbie is most popular
The index compares Bobbie'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 Bobbie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 6.93× | 8,061 |
| Arkansas | 4.90× | 4,837 |
| Alabama | 3.42× | 5,815 |
| Tennessee | 3.04× | 6,144 |
| Oklahoma | 2.94× | 3,676 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Bobbie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bobbie (this page) | 84,360 | 1934 |
| Bobbi | 24,216 | 1971 |
| Bobbye | 2,912 | 1931 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bobbie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bobbie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Bobbie (1934).
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