Bobby

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A few things about Bobby you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Bobby

Bobby Robson

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

Choose Bobby and your child shares a first name with Bobby Robson, an English association football player and manager. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Bobby, like who?” Bobby Robson's Wikipedia article is available in 62 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: rockface from Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 8,757 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Bobby, 195 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Bobby would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBobby first shows up in US birth records in 1900, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 125 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1934, when it ranked #23. Today it's #1,097, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowBobby was 3.3× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 2,690 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 8,757.
• 🍂TrendBobby has slipped 247 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,097. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedBobby is most popular in Oklahoma, where it ranks #504, followed by South Carolina (#552) and Kentucky (#569). It's in the top 1,000 in 9 states.
• 💬MeaningBobby is an English form of Robert, which means “bright fame”.

About the name Bobby

Bobby is a boy name of American origin meaning “bright fame”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with B and ending in “-bby”. US birth records list Bobby for boys from 1900 to 2025, in 123 of those 126 years. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked #23 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,097, with 195 babies.

Origin:American names