Bobbie
The Story of Bobbie
As a girl name
Bobbie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1883, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1934: 2,190 births, good for #110 nationwide. About 22% of every Bobbie on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Bobbie ranks #2,472 for girls with 72 births, rising sharply (+30% over the past five years). All told, over 89K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Bobbie on the record books as a boy name in 1889, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1931, when 751 Bobbies were born — ranking #178 that year. About 34% of every Bobbie on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Bobbie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bobbie
Bobbie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 89K births in the dataset. Bobbie's peak popularity came in 1934 when it ranked #110. Use the chart and map above to compare Bobbie'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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