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 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1968 with 2,327 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

54,797
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
2,327
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
19551,512#17
19561,699#16
19571,861#13
19581,931#12
19591,939#11
19601,872#13
19611,902#11
19622,110#9
19632,096#9
19642,311#7
19652,303#6
19662,123#6
19672,024#6
19682,327#3
19692,185#4
19701,845#8
19711,585#10
19721,390#10
19731,160#11
1974953#14
1975931#13
1976958#9
1977906#9
1978926#9
1979922#9
1980895#10
1981913#8
1982761#12
1983759#14
1984811#10
1985739#15
1986748#13
1987717#19
1988653#21
1989605#27
1990543#31
1991576#31
1992516#36
1993523#33
1994459#43
1995410#48
1996321#58
1997263#73
1998246#79
1999246#79
2000188#107
2001164#126
2002154#136
2003113#173
200499#188
200589#196
200682#205
200779#207
200872#222
200954#271
201062#236
201147#289
201244#289
201339#309
201436#319