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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Roby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Roby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Roby” 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 “Roby” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Roby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Roby” 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 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 6 6 0%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 8 15 -30%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 9 24 -45%
1916 36 0.00001861 7 29 -61%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 49 0.000022569 5 44 -80%
1919 39 0.000018481 39 -100%
1920 37 0.000016353 6 31 -68%
1921 34 0.000014564 6 28 -65%
1922 32 0.000013979 5 27 -69%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 8 29 -57%
1925 34 0.000014572 6 28 -65%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 -100%
1927 32 0.000013797 8 24 -50%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 26 0.00001186 26 -100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 -100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 36 0.000017334 36 -100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 -100%
1938 25 0.000011299 5 20 -60%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 27 0.000009566 27 -100%
1944 31 0.000011524 5 26 -68%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 33 0.000010328 33 -100%
1947 48 0.000013325 5 43 -79%
1948 33 0.000009558 33 -100%
1949 35 0.000010044 35 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 36 0.000009044 6 30 -67%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 7 35 -67%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 -100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 -100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 -100%
1960 42 0.000010111 6 36 -71%
1961 41 0.000009898 41 -100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 -100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 -100%
1964 50 0.000012861 50 -100%
1965 38 0.000010481 38 -100%
1966 27 0.000007768 27 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 -100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 -100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 27 -100%
1972 33 0.0000105 33 -100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 22 0.000007286 5 17 -55%
1976 22 0.00000725 22 -100%
1977 21 0.000006611 21 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 25 0.000007514 5 20 -60%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%

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