NameTides

Robert

Robert was the #92 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,772 babies), and #164 in England & Wales and #199 in Canada.

Robert as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Robert as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.025507510018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Robert as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02550751001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#92 (3,772)#164 (310)#86 (61)#114 (20)#104 (54)#199 (170)—
2024#90 (3,806)#151 (340)#80 (64)#93 (25)#97 (58)#223 (148)—
2023#88 (3,827)#147 (359)#105 (50)#126 (19)#83 (72)#173 (190)—
2022#84 (4,082)#148 (362)#81 (67)#115 (22)#78 (82)#183 (187)—
2021#79 (4,436)#144 (394)#91 (67)#113 (25)#85 (75)#209 (175)—
2020#80 (4,402)#125 (439)#80 (71)#132 (19)#73 (90)#189 (186)—
2019#76 (4,853)#115 (511)#65 (93)#110 (24)#80 (84)#155 (239)—
2018#71 (5,191)#117 (507)#54 (109)#90 (31)#57 (116)#167 (226)—
2017#65 (5,566)#111 (569)#67 (97)#165 (15)#67 (109)#162 (233)—
2016#62 (6,010)#109 (597)#59 (114)#90 (35)#56 (132)#168 (224)—
2015#63 (6,137)#105 (605)#63 (112)#112 (28)#54 (147)#147 (261)—
2014#60 (6,660)#96 (631)#50 (135)#98 (32)#52 (154)#148 (263)—
2013#62 (6,721)#98 (645)#76 (95)#88 (36)#50 (175)#122 (325)—
2012#60 (6,963)#96 (660)#57 (124)#94 (34)#48 (175)#129 (311)—
2011#62 (6,984)#93 (694)#61 (129)#78 (45)#53 (169)#125 (323)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1931 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 450 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 450common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 880common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 320common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 440common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 940common

Next year

On its recent trend, Robert is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 480 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 450 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Robert by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #109WIVermont: #37VTNew Hampshire: #43NHWashington: #136WAIdaho: #166IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #110MNIllinois: #99ILMichigan: #100MINew York: #85NYMassachusetts: #54MAOregon: #91ORNevada: #155NVWyoming: #64WYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #113IAIndiana: #90INOhio: #87OHPennsylvania: #75PANew Jersey: #74NJConnecticut: #73CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #113CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #92CONebraska: #90NEMissouri: #80MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #101WVVirginia: #69VAMaryland: #86MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #132AZNew Mexico: #74NMKansas: #92KSArkansas: #83ARTennessee: #82TNNorth Carolina: #88NCSouth Carolina: #45SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #133OKLouisiana: #106LAMississippi: #55MSAlabama: #42ALGeorgia: #68GAHawaii: #56HITexas: #109TXFlorida: #101FL
Robert (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16481
Quebec2025#4639

Robert (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RobertCanadaGirls—too few
RobertCanadaBoys#199170
RobertEngland & WalesBoys#164310
RobertIrelandBoys#10454
RobertNorthern IrelandBoys#11420
RobertNSWBoys—too few
RobertScotlandBoys#8661
RobertUSGirls#14,9425
RobertUSBoys#923,772