Rob
Rob is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 334th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1963555 births
- Best rank
- #334in 1963
- Since 1884
- 8,768people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,768 boys have been named Rob in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 555 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 555 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 47%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rob | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 94 | |
| 1920s | 165 | |
| 1930s | 135 | |
| 1940s | 269 | |
| 1950s | 1,550 | |
| 1960s | 4,160 | |
| 1970s | 1,441 | |
| 1980s | 443 | |
| 1990s | 246 | |
| 2000s | 118 | |
| 2010s | 85 | |
| 2020s | 39 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Rob was the 334th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1963 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Rob
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Todpeak 1962
- Timmypeak 1960
- Chrispeak 1961
- Martypeak 1962
- Curtpeak 1960
- Gregpeak 1961
- Dondipeak 1961
- Rodpeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.