Bob is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #20059 for boy births in the United States, given to 7 babies. Bob first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1959 (2,834 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #20,059 |
| 2024 | 7 | #20,398 |
| 2023 | 9 | #17,316 |
| 2022 | 5 | #25,342 |
| 2020 | 12 | #14,139 |
| 2019 | 14 | #13,073 |
| 2018 | 18 | #11,099 |
| 2017 | 18 | #11,105 |
| 2016 | 13 | #13,976 |
| 2015 | 14 | #13,316 |
| 2014 | 6 | #23,558 |
| 2013 | 19 | #10,844 |
| 2012 | 8 | #19,795 |
| 2011 | 14 | #13,538 |
| 2010 | 10 | #17,129 |
| 2009 | 22 | #10,149 |
| 2008 | 23 | #9,899 |
| 2007 | 8 | #20,316 |
| 2006 | 12 | #15,066 |
| 2005 | 24 | #8,787 |
| 2004 | 19 | #10,146 |
| 2003 | 9 | #16,726 |
| 2002 | 17 | #10,511 |
| 2001 | 19 | #9,591 |
| 2000 | 31 | #6,668 |
| 1999 | 16 | #10,127 |
| 1998 | 21 | #8,167 |
| 1997 | 33 | #5,734 |
| 1996 | 31 | #5,873 |
| 1995 | 30 | #5,896 |
| 1994 | 37 | #5,126 |
| 1993 | 38 | #4,985 |
| 1992 | 42 | #4,613 |
| 1991 | 66 | #3,370 |
| 1990 | 53 | #3,802 |
| 1989 | 56 | #3,508 |
| 1988 | 57 | #3,297 |
| 1987 | 56 | #3,186 |
| 1986 | 62 | #2,922 |
| 1985 | 73 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 76 | #2,439 |
| 1983 | 89 | #2,202 |
| 1982 | 92 | #2,207 |
| 1981 | 84 | #2,356 |
| 1980 | 106 | #2,049 |
| 1979 | 118 | #1,879 |
| 1978 | 110 | #1,920 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,818 |
| 1976 | 139 | #1,608 |
| 1975 | 167 | #1,420 |
| 1974 | 170 | #1,392 |
| 1973 | 207 | #1,232 |
| 1972 | 221 | #1,192 |
| 1971 | 325 | #988 |
| 1970 | 411 | #876 |
| 1969 | 425 | #836 |
| 1968 | 477 | #780 |
| 1967 | 545 | #700 |
| 1966 | 689 | #613 |
| 1965 | 1,003 | #505 |
| 1964 | 1,432 | #423 |
| 1963 | 1,853 | #363 |
| 1962 | 2,168 | #331 |
| 1961 | 2,509 | #311 |
| 1960 | 2,719 | #289 |
| 1959 | 2,834 | #277 |
| 1958 | 2,518 | #299 |
| 1957 | 1,820 | #360 |
| 1956 | 1,020 | #494 |
| 1955 | 805 | #549 |
| 1954 | 702 | #581 |
| 1953 | 695 | #570 |
| 1952 | 756 | #538 |
| 1951 | 806 | #508 |
| 1950 | 976 | #445 |
| 1949 | 1,472 | #351 |
| 1948 | 1,965 | #289 |
| 1947 | 2,519 | #248 |
| 1946 | 2,493 | #229 |
| 1945 | 2,181 | #229 |
| 1944 | 2,139 | #239 |
| 1943 | 2,283 | #242 |
| 1942 | 2,210 | #244 |
| 1941 | 2,081 | #232 |
| 1940 | 2,087 | #227 |
| 1939 | 2,252 | #206 |
| 1938 | 2,211 | #215 |
| 1937 | 2,378 | #193 |
| 1936 | 2,416 | #182 |
| 1935 | 2,399 | #185 |
| 1934 | 2,486 | #171 |
| 1933 | 2,234 | #189 |
| 1932 | 2,440 | #185 |
| 1931 | 2,328 | #185 |
| 1930 | 2,255 | #204 |
| 1929 | 2,109 | #210 |
| 1928 | 2,104 | #218 |
| 1927 | 1,984 | #232 |
| 1926 | 1,787 | #245 |
| 1925 | 1,375 | #297 |
| 1924 | 1,174 | #330 |
| 1923 | 927 | #376 |
| 1922 | 787 | #410 |
| 1921 | 808 | #406 |
| 1920 | 710 | #434 |
| 1919 | 554 | #491 |
| 1918 | 482 | #533 |
| 1917 | 358 | #600 |
| 1916 | 304 | #649 |
| 1915 | 296 | #635 |
| 1914 | 217 | #667 |
| 1913 | 169 | #675 |
| 1912 | 141 | #699 |
| 1911 | 76 | #780 |
| 1910 | 103 | #620 |
| 1909 | 58 | #787 |
| 1908 | 77 | #654 |
| 1907 | 77 | #639 |
| 1906 | 69 | #645 |
| 1905 | 58 | #704 |
| 1904 | 65 | #638 |
| 1903 | 66 | #610 |
| 1902 | 64 | #613 |
| 1901 | 49 | #671 |
| 1900 | 98 | #532 |
| 1899 | 59 | #597 |
| 1898 | 61 | #618 |
| 1897 | 53 | #639 |
| 1896 | 45 | #699 |
| 1895 | 54 | #624 |
| 1894 | 48 | #648 |
| 1893 | 59 | #568 |
| 1892 | 61 | #563 |
| 1891 | 55 | #552 |
| 1890 | 53 | #577 |
| 1889 | 51 | #575 |
| 1888 | 59 | #538 |
| 1887 | 74 | #417 |
| 1886 | 66 | #460 |
| 1885 | 52 | #504 |
| 1884 | 50 | #519 |
| 1883 | 62 | #423 |
| 1882 | 59 | #436 |
| 1881 | 50 | #437 |
| 1880 | 46 | #470 |