Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rob” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rob” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rob” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rob” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rob” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rob” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rob” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rob” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 -100%
1948 48 0.000013903 48 -100%
1949 39 0.000011192 39 -100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 -100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 -100%
1952 58 0.000015271 58 -100%
1953 83 0.000021538 83 -100%
1954 113 0.000028387 113 -100%
1955 129 0.000032129 129 -100%
1956 171 0.000041474 171 -100%
1957 252 0.000059969 252 -100%
1958 316 0.000076441 316 -100%
1959 342 0.000082251 342 -100%
1960 354 0.000085223 354 -100%
1961 442 0.000106704 442 -100%
1962 487 0.000120683 487 -100%
1963 555 0.000140215 555 -100%
1964 546 0.000140446 546 -100%
1965 437 0.000120537 437 -100%
1966 327 0.000094083 327 -100%
1967 275 0.000081004 275 -100%
1968 334 0.000098863 334 -100%
1969 403 0.00011596 403 -100%
1970 334 0.00009261 334 -100%
1971 275 0.00008012 275 -100%
1972 201 0.000063952 201 -100%
1973 127 0.000042096 127 -100%
1974 116 0.000038158 116 -100%
1975 104 0.000034444 104 -100%
1976 70 0.00002307 70 -100%
1977 80 0.000025185 80 -100%
1978 78 0.000024576 78 -100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 -100%
1980 58 0.000016838 58 -100%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 -100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 -100%
1983 38 0.000010972 38 -100%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 41 0.000011526 41 -100%
1987 42 0.000011649 42 -100%
1988 57 0.000015426 57 -100%
1989 44 0.000011445 44 -100%
1990 36 0.000009108 36 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 -100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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