Robena

Girls' name

Variant of Robin

Robena has been given to 590 babies in the U.S. since 1897. 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 1920, with 29 recorded.

Babies named Robena, 1974

1 in 608,000

Robena over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Robena: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Robin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Robena means

Robena is a variant of Robin.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Robena is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Robena → Robin → Robert. The family’s meaning is “shining glory”, recorded in English with the source elements Hrōþiberhtaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Robin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 590 girls were recorded with the name Robena between 1897 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 29 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,483 in 1898.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Robena?

Robena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1974: 1 in 608,000; 5 of 3,039,803 births
Among girls only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1974: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 421,407 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Robena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1974 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 421,407 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Robena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Robenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Robena was born before 1925 — so the typical Robena is around 100 today.

Median birth year: 1925; About 100 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 12.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 72; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (171).

Is Robena 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 1920 (29)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,483; 1898

Spellings of Robena

Robena is not the most common spelling — Robin is, with 40.2% against Robena's 0.08%.

Robin40.2%291,961
Roberta23.6%171,548
Robyn8.7%63,364
Lorena6.2%44,960
Rena5.4%39,124
Robert2.8%20,119
Rebeca2.0%14,193
Roxana1.7%11,994

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.

Where Robena is used

Across 1910–2025, Robena was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 48,010 across all states with data.

22 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Robena has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Robena by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,483; 1898
Peak year: 1920; 29 that year
First recorded: 1897
Last recorded: 1974
All-time count: 590
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Robena

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

Robynn Cerena Robina Gimena Robyne Valena Syrena Eleena Adeena Robbye Zelena Robbi Halena Robbyn Dalena Jalena Jolena Alaena Lavena Melena Sakeena Marena Adalena Zeena

Sibling names for Robena

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

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd Noble

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