Bobak
Bobak is a given name and a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Bobak
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bobak is a given name and a surname.
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The Story of Bobak
American parents first put Bobak on the record books as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 16 Bobaks were born — ranking #3,005 that year. About 63% of every Bobak on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Bobak last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 122 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bobak
Bobak is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 122 births in the dataset. Bobak's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #3,005. Use the chart and map above to compare Bobak's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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