Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bob

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bob
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.8% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

2,826

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

99.8%

2024

All-time

92,978

Bob once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 2,826 boys were named Bob.

In 2024, only 7 boys were given the name.

Down 99.8% from its peak.

All told, about 92,978 Americans have been named Bob and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.8% from peak

In 1959:2,826 boys named Bob

In 2024:7 boys named Bob

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