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Robi

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Robi has been given to 472 babies in the U.S. since 1955. 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 1963, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Robi, 2010

1 in 739,000

Robi over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Robi over time

In 2015, Robi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19552015

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Robi: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Robi means

Robi has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Robi

A separate documented entry treats Robi as a diminutive of Róbert. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Robi as a alternate transcription of Rabi. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Robi is used in Estonian and Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Robert and Róbert.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Robi is pronounced [ˈrobi].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 356 girls were recorded with the name Robi between 1955 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1963; its best national rank was #3,597 in 1963.

In the United States, 116 boys were recorded with the name Robi between 1961 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1962; its best national rank was #2,814 in 1962.

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 Robi?

Robi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010
1 in 739,000
5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only
1 in 355,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
512,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Robi 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 2010 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 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Robi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Robis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Robi was born before 1976 — so the typical Robi is around 49 today.

Median birth year
1976
About 49 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
27.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
21.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
356
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 27.0% of all recorded uses (96).

Is Robi 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1963 (14)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,597
1963

Spellings of Robi

Robi is not the most common spelling — Rose is, with 20.8% against Robi's 0.01%.

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.

Robi around the world

Where Robi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2015
    #4,747
    in 2015
  • Canada
    2017–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1995–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Robi 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
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Best rank ever
#3,597
1963
Peak year
1963
14 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
356
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,814
1962
Peak year
1962
10 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
116
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Robi

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

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Sibling names for Robi

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

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