Robert Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Robert: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 4,849,730 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

4,849,730

Peak year

1947 #2

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-23.4%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	6,984	#62
2012	6,963	#60
2013	6,721	#62
2014	6,660	#60
2015	6,137	#63
2016	6,010	#62
2017	5,566	#65
2018	5,191	#71
2019	4,853	#76
2020	4,402	#80
2021	4,436	#79
2022	4,082	#84
2023	3,827	#88
2024	3,806	#90
2025	3,772	#92

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

Where {name} was most used in 1947

10,027

7,755

6,180

5,427

5,333

4,169

Names from the same era

James · 1947 John · 1947 William · 1947 Charles · 1947 Ronald · 1947 Larry · 1947 Jerry · 1947 Willie · 1947 Roy · 1947 Wayne · 1947

Names similar to Robert

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