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Robert vs Michael

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

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

Michael (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	354
1881	298
1882	321
1883	307
1884	373
1885	370
1886	348
1887	344
1888	466
1889	377
1890	394
1891	333
1892	380
1893	407
1894	423
1895	413
1896	399
1897	368
1898	434
1899	375
1900	495
1901	384
1902	460
1903	466
1904	462
1905	513
1906	531
1907	586
1908	688
1909	635
1910	844
1911	1,159
1912	2,104
1913	2,607
1914	3,362
1915	4,079
1916	4,210
1917	4,288
1918	4,296
1919	3,910
1920	4,003
1921	4,198
1922	3,990
1923	3,915
1924	3,874
1925	3,761
1926	3,485
1927	3,605
1928	3,598
1929	3,465
1930	3,542
1931	3,489
1932	3,607
1933	3,549
1934	4,108
1935	4,906
1936	5,800
1937	7,094
1938	9,076
1939	10,829
1940	13,228
1941	15,935
1942	21,728
1943	24,745
1944	26,717
1945	29,902
1946	41,192
1947	50,505
1948	52,566
1949	60,046
1950	65,138
1951	72,805
1952	79,039
1953	84,202
1954	88,564
1955	88,352
1956	90,691
1957	92,786
1958	90,598
1959	85,291
1960	84,139
1961	86,968
1962	85,056
1963	83,757
1964	82,619
1965	81,002
1966	79,984
1967	82,412
1968	81,974
1969	85,159
1970	85,271
1971	77,585
1972	71,391
1973	67,808
1974	67,535
1975	68,422
1976	66,917
1977	67,588
1978	67,133
1979	67,718
1980	68,687
1981	68,759
1982	68,228
1983	67,997
1984	67,741
1985	64,936
1986	64,236
1987	63,663
1988	64,168
1989	65,409
1990	65,318
1991	60,807
1992	54,409
1993	49,568
1994	44,475
1995	41,410
1996	38,373
1997	37,557
1998	36,619
1999	33,915
2000	32,043
2001	29,689
2002	28,258
2003	27,129
2004	25,470
2005	23,827
2006	22,651
2007	22,024
2008	20,651
2009	18,960
2010	17,381
2011	16,822
2012	16,209
2013	15,540
2014	15,496
2015	14,497
2016	14,139
2017	12,723
2018	11,750
2019	10,614
2020	9,824
2021	9,136
2022	8,888
2023	8,416
2024	8,189