Robert
From the Germanic Hrodebert, joining hrod, fame, with beraht, bright. The Normans carried it to England, where it displaced the Old English Hreodbeorht.
Robert in 2025
Robert was given to 3,777 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 159th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 878 babies born.
The history of Robert
Robert has been the single most popular name in the country 6 times, and reached its highest point in 1947, when 91,892 babies were given the name.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 4,869,849 babies have been named Robert. Half of them were born before 1952, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Baby Boomers.
Robert by decade
| Decade | Babies named Robert | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24,193 | 12 |
| 1890s | 26,319 | 16 |
| 1900s | 36,046 | 13 |
| 1910s | 240,237 | 5 |
| 1920s | 579,614 | 2 |
| 1930s | 593,546 | 1 |
| 1940s | 760,240 | 2 |
| 1950s | 832,594 | 1 |
| 1960s | 653,466 | 5 |
| 1970s | 399,853 | 5 |
| 1980s | 323,861 | 11 |
| 1990s | 205,996 | 17 |
| 2000s | 106,830 | 42 |
| 2010s | 62,712 | 76 |
| 2020s | 24,342 | 133 |
Where Robert is heading
Robert has fallen 39% over the past decade, from 6,145 babies in 2015 to 3,777 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1947 peak — Robert is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Robert
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Robert.