Bobby

Boy · recorded 1900–2025

  • #1,097in 2025
  • 1 in 8,759boys in 2025
  • −33%last ten years
  • 2.5×in Tennessee

Most popular in 1936. Quieter now: down 33% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

03,7297,45819001931196319942025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 123 recorded years as a table
Bobby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190047
190462
190583
190653
190734
190839
190955
191041
191153
191233
191327
191455
191549
191655
191767
191880
191995
1920160
1921249
1922340
1923429
1924647
1925972
19261,436
19272,029
19282,683
19293,649
19304,721
19315,635
19326,318
19336,545
19347,294
19357,419
19367,458
19377,261
19386,760
19396,376
19405,937
19415,364
19424,524
19434,289
19443,970
19453,754
19463,554
19473,343
19483,181
19492,886
19502,804
19512,659
19522,552
19532,626
19542,701
19552,536
19562,533
19572,604
19582,702
19592,660
19602,653
19612,543
19622,573
19632,566
19642,550
19652,466
19662,281
19672,167
19682,087
19692,042
19701,957
19712,065
19721,955
19731,854
19741,776
19751,775
19761,685
19771,545
19781,461
19791,501
19801,527
19811,484
19821,436
19831,315
19841,174
19851,133
19861,143
19871,012
1988896
1989879
1990816
1991746
1992694
1993623
1994588
1995549
1996492
1997484
1998437
1999380
2000372
2001337
2002332
2003283
2004289
2005253
2006266
2007252
2008252
2009231
2010239
2011182
2012174
2013192
2014163
2015171
2016170
2017161
2018150
2019139
2020155
2021123
2022123
202399
2024111
2025114

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Tennessee 2.5×
  2. Georgia 2.1×
  3. North Carolina 1.9×
  4. Texas 1.3×
  5. Florida 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
195
Rank in 2025
#1,097
How rare
1 in 8,759 boys
Since 1900
315,053

Most popular in 1936, at 7,458 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 33% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Tennessee2.5×29
Georgia2.1×34
North Carolina1.9×31
Texas1.3×73
Florida1.2×37

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.