first name
BOBBIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 54,717 people named Bobbie, 68.6% reported their origin as White, 23.6% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. 89.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bobbie peaked in 1934, when 2,850 babies got the name.
At least 107,049 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Bobbie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #173. The largest share of babies named Bobbie, 39.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Bobbie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bobbie has been most common in Mississippi (6.6×), Arkansas (4.7×), and Alabama (3.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.04×).
99,023 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Bobbie
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bobbie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bobbie ranks #87,947 of 156,621, with 227 people. See Bobbie as a last name
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