Robert is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #159 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,777 babies. Robert first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1947 (91,892 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,777 | #159 |
| 2024 | 3,806 | #150 |
| 2023 | 3,833 | #150 |
| 2022 | 4,088 | #144 |
| 2021 | 4,436 | #133 |
| 2020 | 4,402 | #133 |
| 2019 | 4,859 | #118 |
| 2018 | 5,191 | #112 |
| 2017 | 5,566 | #103 |
| 2016 | 6,010 | #99 |
| 2015 | 6,145 | #99 |
| 2014 | 6,668 | #91 |
| 2013 | 6,729 | #94 |
| 2012 | 6,970 | #87 |
| 2011 | 6,993 | #85 |
| 2010 | 7,581 | #76 |
| 2009 | 7,853 | #80 |
| 2008 | 8,848 | #73 |
| 2007 | 9,397 | #69 |
| 2006 | 9,922 | #69 |
| 2005 | 10,183 | #59 |
| 2004 | 10,719 | #54 |
| 2003 | 11,415 | #52 |
| 2002 | 12,045 | #51 |
| 2001 | 12,686 | #47 |
| 2000 | 13,762 | #42 |
| 1999 | 14,564 | #37 |
| 1998 | 15,555 | #33 |
| 1997 | 16,340 | #32 |
| 1996 | 17,713 | #32 |
| 1995 | 18,630 | #29 |
| 1994 | 20,612 | #27 |
| 1993 | 22,517 | #23 |
| 1992 | 24,154 | #23 |
| 1991 | 26,916 | #17 |
| 1990 | 28,995 | #17 |
| 1989 | 30,198 | #14 |
| 1988 | 30,501 | #13 |
| 1987 | 30,456 | #14 |
| 1986 | 31,591 | #13 |
| 1985 | 32,332 | #12 |
| 1984 | 31,998 | #13 |
| 1983 | 33,000 | #14 |
| 1982 | 34,642 | #11 |
| 1981 | 34,623 | #11 |
| 1980 | 34,520 | #11 |
| 1979 | 34,267 | #9 |
| 1978 | 33,628 | #9 |
| 1977 | 34,452 | #7 |
| 1976 | 34,025 | #8 |
| 1975 | 35,551 | #7 |
| 1974 | 37,246 | #8 |
| 1973 | 38,947 | #8 |
| 1972 | 43,301 | #7 |
| 1971 | 50,932 | #6 |
| 1970 | 57,504 | #5 |
| 1969 | 58,635 | #5 |
| 1968 | 58,439 | #5 |
| 1967 | 56,623 | #5 |
| 1966 | 59,568 | #5 |
| 1965 | 63,361 | #5 |
| 1964 | 70,259 | #5 |
| 1963 | 70,262 | #5 |
| 1962 | 70,428 | #5 |
| 1961 | 73,266 | #5 |
| 1960 | 72,625 | #5 |
| 1959 | 74,777 | #5 |
| 1958 | 77,575 | #4 |
| 1957 | 82,020 | #4 |
| 1956 | 84,138 | #3 |
| 1955 | 83,990 | #4 |
| 1954 | 86,523 | #3 |
| 1953 | 86,471 | #1 |
| 1952 | 86,781 | #2 |
| 1951 | 86,563 | #2 |
| 1950 | 83,756 | #2 |
| 1949 | 84,075 | #3 |
| 1948 | 85,687 | #3 |
| 1947 | 91,892 | #3 |
| 1946 | 84,350 | #2 |
| 1945 | 70,145 | #2 |
| 1944 | 71,049 | #2 |
| 1943 | 75,142 | #2 |
| 1942 | 72,053 | #2 |
| 1941 | 64,443 | #2 |
| 1940 | 61,404 | #2 |
| 1939 | 59,874 | #2 |
| 1938 | 62,490 | #1 |
| 1937 | 62,065 | #1 |
| 1936 | 58,721 | #1 |
| 1935 | 56,758 | #1 |
| 1934 | 56,109 | #2 |
| 1933 | 54,494 | #2 |
| 1932 | 59,594 | #2 |
| 1931 | 60,862 | #1 |
| 1930 | 62,579 | #2 |
| 1929 | 60,248 | #2 |
| 1928 | 61,135 | #2 |
| 1927 | 62,085 | #2 |
| 1926 | 61,499 | #2 |
| 1925 | 61,245 | #2 |
| 1924 | 61,101 | #2 |
| 1923 | 56,361 | #3 |
| 1922 | 54,033 | #3 |
| 1921 | 53,023 | #3 |
| 1920 | 48,884 | #4 |
| 1919 | 41,209 | #5 |
| 1918 | 40,797 | #5 |
| 1917 | 35,388 | #5 |
| 1916 | 31,863 | #6 |
| 1915 | 28,853 | #6 |
| 1914 | 21,268 | #6 |
| 1913 | 15,756 | #6 |
| 1912 | 12,900 | #6 |
| 1911 | 6,565 | #11 |
| 1910 | 5,638 | #12 |
| 1909 | 4,588 | #13 |
| 1908 | 4,245 | #14 |
| 1907 | 4,042 | #14 |
| 1906 | 3,651 | #16 |
| 1905 | 3,431 | #17 |
| 1904 | 3,427 | #16 |
| 1903 | 3,057 | #18 |
| 1902 | 3,201 | #15 |
| 1901 | 2,559 | #19 |
| 1900 | 3,845 | #15 |
| 1899 | 2,627 | #17 |
| 1898 | 2,944 | #18 |
| 1897 | 2,719 | #17 |
| 1896 | 2,747 | #18 |
| 1895 | 2,655 | #18 |
| 1894 | 2,518 | #21 |
| 1893 | 2,580 | #18 |
| 1892 | 2,727 | #17 |
| 1891 | 2,249 | #20 |
| 1890 | 2,553 | #16 |
| 1889 | 2,527 | #15 |
| 1888 | 2,833 | #13 |
| 1887 | 2,133 | #17 |
| 1886 | 2,459 | #12 |
| 1885 | 2,333 | #13 |
| 1884 | 2,475 | #14 |
| 1883 | 2,345 | #12 |
| 1882 | 2,512 | #12 |
| 1881 | 2,149 | #13 |
| 1880 | 2,427 | #12 |