Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Robyn name popularity since 1925
64,586 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Robyn (98.1% girls, 1.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1974 or earlier, so the typical Robyn is about 52 years old in 2026. Robyn peaked in 1974 as the #169 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 64,586
- Named Robyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,441 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.1% girls
- 63,346 girls · 1,240 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Robyn 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.
Robyn births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1964. Measured as a share of all babies, Robyn peaked in 1974.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Robyn became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 4,410 baby girls to 1 in 1,640.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 3,360 to 1 in 6,950.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Robyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Robyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Robyn 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 | 12 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 117 | 0 | #2,283 |
| 1940s | 1,335 | 69 | #938 |
| 1950s | 8,603 | 240 | #267 |
| 1960s | 15,100 | 253 | #227 |
| 1970s | 14,684 | 232 | #172 |
| 1980s | 11,766 | 222 | #253 |
| 1990s | 6,109 | 120 | #492 |
| 2000s | 2,354 | 24 | #1,151 |
| 2010s | 2,164 | 31 | #1,047 |
| 2020–25 | 1,102 | 49 | #1,441 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.6% of babies named Robyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Robyn is most popular
The index compares Robyn'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 Robyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.12× | 1,618 |
| Hawaii | 2.40× | 458 |
| Idaho | 1.61× | 391 |
| District of Columbia | 1.59× | 446 |
| New Jersey | 1.56× | 2,615 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Robyn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robyn (this page) | 63,346 | 1974 |
| Robin | 291,737 | 1961 |
| Robynn | 1,312 | 1961 |
| Robbyn | 1,066 | 1974 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Robyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Robyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Robyn (1974).
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