first name
ROBINSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,778 people named Robinson, 52.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% as White and 17.4% as Black. 95.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Robinson peaked in 2014, when 64 babies got the name.
At least 2,921 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.
Robinson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,040. The largest share of babies named Robinson, 23.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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.
Either side of Robinson
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Robinson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Robinson ranks #31 of 156,621, with 510,138 people. See Robinson as a last name
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