NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Bobby Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Bobby: every year it appeared on the national list since 1900, with 315,053 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
315,053
Peak year
1937 #24
Years on the list
123
10-year trend
-30.1%

In the 1930s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1900–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011346#683
2012331#714
2013363#665
2014313#754
2015328#740
2016322#754
2017298#786
2018272#823
2019250#880
2020268#850
2021216#1016
2022214#1033
2023169#1192
2024192#1114
2025195#1097

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1937

TX
1,069
NC
886
TN
740
KY
581
GA
572
AR
508

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