Dobby

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Dobby has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1967, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Dobby, 1967

1 in 679,000

Dobby over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dobby: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dobby means

Dobby is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dobby is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Dobby between 1967 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1967; its best national rank was #4,113 in 1967.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Dobby?

Dobby had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1967, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1967: 1 in 679,000; 5 of 3,394,772 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1967: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 470,616 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dobby sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1967 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 470,616 children born in 1967 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dobby. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dobbys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dobby was born before 1967 — so the typical Dobby is around 58 today.

Median birth year: 1967; About 58 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Dobby rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1967 (5)
Years since peak: 58; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,113; 1967

Spellings of Dobby

Dobby is not the most common spelling — Bobby is, with 67.1% against Dobby's <0.01%.

Bobby67.1%315,053
Colby11.5%53,971
Toby7.4%34,846
Donny2.7%12,887
Kolby2.5%11,650
Robby2.3%10,565
Coby2.0%9,484
Koby1.3%6,038

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dobby by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,113; 1967
Peak year: 1967; 5 that year
First recorded: 1967
Last recorded: 1967
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dobby

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lubby Libby Tibby Tabby Dobbie Hobby Dobie Ebby Kobby Bubby Gabby Chubby Cubby Abby Tobby Robby Bobby

Sibling names for Dobby

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cami Missy Evette Tonja Rona Nichelle Aretha Brigette

For a brother

Thad Tracey Kraig Kelley Tad Theron Stacey Kip

Explore around Dobby

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