How Many People Are Named Bobby?
people named Bobby are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,859 people in the US has this name
Based on 324,728 babies named Bobby in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,971 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BOB. Hockey greats Bobby Hull (1939-) and Bobby Orr (1948-) have borne this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bobby in English. Counting Bobby and these spellings together, about 243,515 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bobby, 3% were girls and 97.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Bobby fell from 37.9% in the 1910s to 2.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bobby alive today is about 59 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bobby first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1935, to 7,971 babies. In 2025, 207 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bobby never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #23, in 1934, and it was in the top 100 for 50 years, 1927 to 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,097.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,097 |
| Best rank | #23 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | 50 (1927 to 1976) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #27 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bobby alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bobby were born in Texas than in any other state: about 23,420 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bobby was given 3.8 times as often in Arkansas, 3.2 times in Tennessee and 3.1 times in Oklahoma.
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