Robert

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrลรพi- "fame" and *berhta- "bright". Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert. It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname.

From Wikipedia

Robert first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 1,787 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Robert

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Robert yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

51,686
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
1,787
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19521,787#3
19531,695#3
19541,578#3
19551,493#4
19561,457#6
19571,354#7
19581,343#8
19591,223#8
19601,718#7
19611,765#7
19621,647#8
19631,685#8
19641,650#7
19651,580#7
19661,515#7
19671,525#8
19681,370#9
19691,460#8
19701,399#10
19711,445#12
19721,330#11
19731,103#12
19741,059#12
1975966#13
1976920#14
1977882#14
1978861#15
1979826#18
1980840#18
1981899#17
1982970#16
1983938#15
1984867#15
1985802#17
1986733#21
1987698#20
1988665#22
1989657#23
1990642#21
1991534#27
1992516#30
1993458#35
1994408#42
1995370#45
1996367#44
1997307#50
1998232#63
1999193#73
2000208#66
2001159#80
2002152#87
2003153#90
200458#112
200559#110
201415#145
201516#146
2016127#134
20177#244