Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Robert

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

Endangered Down 95.9% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

91,654

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

95.9%

2024

3,785

All-time

4,845,891

Robert 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 1947, when 91,654 boys were named Robert.

In 2024, only 3,785 boys were given the name.

Down 95.9% from its peak.

All told, about 4,845,891 Americans have been named Robert and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.9% from peak

194791,654 boys named Robert

20243,785 boys named Robert

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