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Bobby

Boys' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~192,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,097 among boys
Births in 2025
207 324,728 since 1880
Typical age
62 years, median

Bobby popularity over time

Bobby rank by birth year, 1900–2025Bobby ranked #1,050 in 1900 and #1,097 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #23, in 1934.#100#1,000#1,097best #23 in 19341920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1900–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1935: 7,971 births recorded as Bobby. The name does not appear in the data until 1900. It has held a top-100 place in 50 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #1,097 with 207 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 37%. Year on year the rank improved by 17.

Babies named Bobby per yearPeaks at 7,971 births in 1935.7,971 in 193501920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Bobby?

An estimated 192,400 living Americans are called Bobby. That is out of 324,728 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Bobby?

Median age among living Bobbys: 62. More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Bobby a mid-century perennial name.

Your Bobby

Ages of living people named BobbyHalf of living Bobbys are older than 62 and half younger.median 62020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Bobby is most common

The name is concentrated in Mississippi, at 4.4× the national rate. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana follow.

Where Bobby is used more than average5 states use the name Bobby more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 2.6× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: 1.9× the national rateNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 3.0× the national rateOKLouisiana: 2.4× the national rateLAMississippi: 4.4× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Bobby is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 70 4.4×
Oklahoma 71 3.0×
Arkansas 44 2.6×
Louisiana 69 2.4×
North Carolina 130 1.9×

Bobby in England and Wales

ONS recorded 552 births named Bobby in 2025, ranking it #94. That is 31% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Bobby

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Bobby Charlton English association football player and manager 1937–2023 82
Bobby Robson English association football player and manager 1933–2009 62
Bobby Moore English association football player 1941–1993 56
Bobby Farrell Dutch dancer and singer 1949–2010 45
Bobby Cannavale American actor 1970 45
Bobby Jindal American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana 1971 41
Bobby Morrow American sprinter 1935–2020 41
Bobby Hull Canadian ice hockey player 1939–2023 38
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 546 in 1923 to 832 in 1924 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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