How rare is the name Robyn?

58,115 people in the United States have the first name Robyn, about 1 in 5,197. It ranks #817 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROBYN

#817

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,115
About
1 in 5,197
This common or more
67%
Who bears it

Of the 58,115 people named Robyn, 80.9% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Robyn peaked in 1964, when 1,907 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
1,907
In 2025*
159 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 64,604 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Robyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #354. The largest share of babies named Robyn, 36.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#9,04330
1930s#4,299117
1940s#1,1571,404
1950s#5368,843
1960s#39715,353
1970s#35414,916
1980s#43411,988
1990s#7986,229
2000s#1,8232,378
2010s#2,0652,195
2020s#2,2991,151
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–6428.1%
Generation X 1965–8036.6%
Millennials 1981–9623.6%
Generation Z 1997–126.7%
2013 and later4.4%

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 Robyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Robyn has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Hawaii (2.4×), and District of Columbia (1.6×), and least common in Delaware (0.38×).

60,279 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 Robyn

#815 Beatrice · 58,355#816 Everett · 58,340#818 Jo · 57,903#819 Byron · 57,834

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Robyn, most common first.

#185 Robin · 284,371#11,801 Robynn · 1,072#12,345 Robbyn · 1,011#15,506 Roben · 741#16,588 Robyne · 677

Also a last name

As a last name, Robyn ranks #81,574 of 156,621, with 250 people. See Robyn as a last name

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