first name
ROB
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,144 people named Rob, 85.1% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rob peaked in 1963, when 555 babies got the name.
At least 8,775 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.
Rob by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #848. The largest share of babies named Rob, 46.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Rob is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rob has been most common in Washington (4.2×), Oregon (3×), and Idaho (2.7×), and least common in Tennessee (0.27×).
5,914 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 Rob
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rob, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rob ranks #34,739 of 156,621, with 701 people. See Rob as a last name
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