Bobby

Boy name

Bobby has been given to 324,728 babies in the U.S. since 1900. It peaked in 1935.

Meaning & origin /ˈbɑbi/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

324,728

Peak year

1935 (7,971 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1900

10-year trend

▼ -37%

Gender split

3% girls / 97% boys

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

Bobby Robson

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

Bobby Moore

English association football player (1941–1993)

Bobby Farrell

Dutch dancer and singer (1949–2010)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Bobby.

389,665 babies since 1880

464,574 babies since 1880

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