Bobie

Girl · recorded 1912–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1936best year

Most popular in 1936.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bobie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121933195419751996

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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 58 recorded years as a table
Bobie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191213
19176
19185
19194
19215
19224
19237
19245
19255
19265
192712
19288
19296
19318
19327
193313
193411
193513
193614
19377
19389
19396
19406
19414
19428
19434
19455
19464
19473
19503
19513
19524
19533
19544
19555
19563
19612
19633
19644
19653
19683
19695
19714
19735
19744
19755
19765
19773
19787
19793
19814
19834
19843
19855
19863
19884
19913
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bobie 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 1996
6
Rank in 1996
#11,807
How rare
1 in 292,167 girls
Since 1912
420

Bobie was last recorded in 1996. 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 1936, at 14 per million girls born.

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

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