Masculine dossier · first seen 1900

Bobby

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

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1937

Peak rank proxy

7,745

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1900Peak 19372024

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

189

All-time

314,848

Bobby 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 1937, when 7,745 boys were named Bobby.

In 2024, only 189 boys were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 314,848 Americans have been named Bobby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1900.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

19377,745 boys named Bobby

2024189 boys named Bobby

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