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Bobby

Pronounced /ˈbɑbi/

Rank in 2024
#10,932
Born in 2024
9
Peak year
1930 · #405
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:189 in 2024 (#1,124)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 9 girls were named Bobby, about 1 in every 179,243.
  • It peaked in 1930 with 262 babies, ranked #405.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1900.
  • 9,663 girls have been named Bobby since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Bobby per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,051 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 3,551 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,406 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,752 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 741 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 111 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 46 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Bob + -y.

  • A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈbɑbi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Bobby, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Bobbi

    Rank
    #2,023
    Born '24
    97
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19712024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Bobbie

    Rank
    #2,674
    Born '24
    65
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19342024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Baby

    Rank
    #7,515
    Born '24
    15
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19952024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Bobbye

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19312024