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Robin

Pronounced /ˈɹɒbɪn/

Rank in 2024
#807
Born in 2024
310
Peak year
1956 · #143
Origin
Germanic, Romance languages
Also recorded for girls:351 in 2024 (#798)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 310 boys were named Robin, about 1 in every 5,533.
  • It peaked in 1956 with 2,247 babies, ranked #143.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 46,562 boys have been named Robin since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.7
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 613 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 2,496 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 24,779 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,529 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,206 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,032 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,860 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

(masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
Origin
Germanic, Romance languages
Say it
/ˈɹɒbɪn/

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Ruben

    Rank
    #501
    Born '24
    607
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19922024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Rubin

    Rank
    #6,522
    Born '24
    13
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Robbin

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19572024