Robie
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Robie has been given to 1,818 babies in the U.S. since 1892. 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 40 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% boys, 35% girls all-time.
Babies named Robie, 2011
1 in 732,000
Robie over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Robie over time
In 2011, Robie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Robie?
Robie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2011
- 1 in 732,000
- 5 of 3,657,935 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 380,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2011
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 507,099 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Robie sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Robie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Robies were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Robie was born before 1961 — so the typical Robie is around 64 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 23.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 9.8%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 776
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 23.8% of all recorded uses (280).
Is Robie 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 1963 (40)
- Years since peak
- 62
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 42.2% average annual change
Spellings of Robie
Robie is not the most common spelling — Ronnie is, with 36.1% against Robie's 0.23%.
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 Robie is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Robie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 932,200 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Robie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Robie is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Robie was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 491,012 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Tennessee1 in —
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. Robie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Robie around the world
Where Robie 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.
- South Australia1948–2003#588in 2003
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Robie by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Robie
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Robie
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.