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John vs Robert

Side-by-side popularity comparison of John and Robert year by year (1880–2024).

John (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,655
1881	8,768
1882	9,557
1883	8,894
1884	9,388
1885	8,756
1886	9,026
1887	8,110
1888	9,247
1889	8,548
1890	8,502
1891	7,680
1892	9,039
1893	8,049
1894	8,237
1895	8,320
1896	8,138
1897	7,550
1898	8,159
1899	6,990
1900	9,828
1901	6,900
1902	7,907
1903	7,608
1904	8,108
1905	8,059
1906	8,264
1907	8,983
1908	9,343
1909	9,590
1910	11,450
1911	13,446
1912	24,588
1913	29,329
1914	37,947
1915	47,576
1916	50,043
1917	51,852
1918	56,558
1919	53,523
1920	56,913
1921	58,215
1922	57,281
1923	57,467
1924	59,052
1925	57,195
1926	56,108
1927	55,949
1928	53,761
1929	52,110
1930	52,447
1931	48,422
1932	48,625
1933	46,225
1934	46,742
1935	47,510
1936	47,679
1937	48,753
1938	50,518
1939	51,025
1940	54,784
1941	57,519
1942	66,041
1943	68,928
1944	66,611
1945	66,118
1946	79,266
1947	88,321
1948	82,832
1949	81,180
1950	79,412
1951	81,570
1952	83,138
1953	80,167
1954	81,176
1955	80,122
1956	80,806
1957	79,032
1958	76,049
1959	76,445
1960	76,086
1961	79,973
1962	78,420
1963	78,616
1964	82,519
1965	71,499
1966	65,015
1967	61,603
1968	60,906
1969	58,737
1970	58,496
1971	51,508
1972	43,162
1973	39,169
1974	37,618
1975	35,075
1976	33,979
1977	34,199
1978	34,018
1979	35,412
1980	35,277
1981	34,872
1982	34,707
1983	33,158
1984	32,611
1985	31,499
1986	30,208
1987	29,553
1988	29,423
1989	29,853
1990	29,090
1991	27,809
1992	26,255
1993	24,995
1994	24,186
1995	23,244
1996	22,186
1997	21,386
1998	20,631
1999	20,365
2000	20,113
2001	18,903
2002	17,476
2003	17,249
2004	16,467
2005	15,791
2006	15,176
2007	14,440
2008	13,335
2009	12,133
2010	11,567
2011	11,065
2012	10,635
2013	10,736
2014	10,699
2015	10,421
2016	10,055
2017	9,530
2018	9,198
2019	8,857
2020	8,262
2021	8,182
2022	7,993
2023	7,793
2024	8,047

Robert (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	2,415
1881	2,140
1882	2,500
1883	2,334
1884	2,468
1885	2,322
1886	2,443
1887	2,125
1888	2,814
1889	2,513
1890	2,541
1891	2,240
1892	2,710
1893	2,563
1894	2,497
1895	2,635
1896	2,719
1897	2,701
1898	2,932
1899	2,609
1900	3,821
1901	2,543
1902	3,180
1903	3,044
1904	3,414
1905	3,410
1906	3,635
1907	4,020
1908	4,219
1909	4,563
1910	5,609
1911	6,526
1912	12,836
1913	15,684
1914	21,188
1915	28,737
1916	31,741
1917	35,220
1918	40,619
1919	41,025
1920	48,679
1921	52,779
1922	53,796
1923	56,113
1924	60,799
1925	60,896
1926	61,130
1927	61,674
1928	60,701
1929	59,808
1930	62,152
1931	60,520
1932	59,268
1933	54,219
1934	55,843
1935	56,525
1936	58,501
1937	61,842
1938	62,270
1939	59,659
1940	61,194
1941	64,247
1942	71,841
1943	74,890
1944	70,855
1945	69,945
1946	84,138
1947	91,654
1948	85,475
1949	83,876
1950	83,551
1951	86,355
1952	86,588
1953	86,245
1954	86,333
1955	83,755
1956	83,912
1957	81,776
1958	77,334
1959	74,542
1960	72,344
1961	72,963
1962	70,201
1963	69,997
1964	69,983
1965	63,112
1966	59,309
1967	56,371
1968	58,186
1969	58,303
1970	57,179
1971	50,635
1972	43,015
1973	38,698
1974	37,009
1975	35,308
1976	33,791
1977	34,217
1978	33,379
1979	34,018
1980	34,269
1981	34,397
1982	34,414
1983	32,744
1984	31,772
1985	32,095
1986	31,351
1987	30,240
1988	30,317
1989	30,073
1990	28,885
1991	26,836
1992	24,095
1993	22,447
1994	20,559
1995	18,586
1996	17,676
1997	16,303
1998	15,527
1999	14,540
2000	13,739
2001	12,665
2002	12,031
2003	11,399
2004	10,681
2005	10,166
2006	9,911
2007	9,388
2008	8,840
2009	7,838
2010	7,564
2011	6,984
2012	6,963
2013	6,721
2014	6,660
2015	6,132
2016	6,005
2017	5,566
2018	5,191
2019	4,851
2020	4,401
2021	4,430
2022	4,078
2023	3,823
2024	3,785