Mostly boys · peaked in 1963
Robbie name popularity since 1925
39,388 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Robbie (46.7% girls, 53.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1963 or earlier, so the typical Robbie is about 63 years old in 2026. Robbie peaked in 1963 as the #259 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 39,388
- Named Robbie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,122 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 53.3% boys
- 18,385 girls · 21,003 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 3.92× its national share
Peak year is the year Robbie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Robbie births per year, 1925–2025
1963 was the biggest year for Robbie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1959 and 1964, Robbie became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 5,500 baby boys to 1 in 2,350.
- Steepest fall: Between 1979 and 1984, its share of baby boys fell by 48%, from 1 in 5,110 to 1 in 9,810.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Robbie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Robbie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Robbie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,626 | 176 | – |
| 1930s | 3,133 | 455 | #929 |
| 1940s | 3,030 | 879 | #795 |
| 1950s | 4,087 | 2,541 | #485 |
| 1960s | 3,339 | 6,803 | #282 |
| 1970s | 1,468 | 4,651 | #393 |
| 1980s | 698 | 2,487 | #592 |
| 1990s | 392 | 1,244 | #1,026 |
| 2000s | 206 | 725 | #1,912 |
| 2010s | 164 | 639 | #2,163 |
| 2020–25 | 242 | 403 | #2,122 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.6% of babies named Robbie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Robbie is most popular
The index compares Robbie'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 Robbie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 3.92× | 2,734 |
| Alabama | 3.78× | 2,212 |
| Mississippi | 3.57× | 1,430 |
| Arkansas | 3.42× | 1,164 |
| South Carolina | 2.90× | 1,342 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Robbie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie (this page) | 21,003 | 1963 |
| Robby | 10,548 | 1969 |
| Roby | 2,017 | 1901 |
| Robie | 1,022 | 1892 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Robbie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Robbie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Robbie (1963).
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