Bobette

Girl · recorded 1915–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1953best year

Most popular in 1953.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

0152919151931194619621977

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Bobette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19178
19184
19194
192011
19216
192212
192312
192410
19257
19266
192715
192814
192913
19305
193111
193210
193316
19349
193516
193614
193716
193813
193918
194016
194116
194224
194318
194422
194521
194620
194724
194823
194919
195023
195123
195228
195329
195428
195521
195625
195717
195811
195918
196023
196120
196220
196320
196420
196519
196618
196717
196815
196915
197016
197113
197210
197310
19744
19754
19763
19775

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bobette isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
8
Rank in 1977
#6,892
How rare
1 in 191,643 girls
Since 1915
1,464

Bobette was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1953, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bobette doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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