Robbe
Robbe Modellsport or Robbe Schluter was a company from Grebenhain, Germany, specialising in radio control model aircraft, boats and cars in kit form.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Robbe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Robbe Modellsport or Robbe Schluter was a company from Grebenhain, Germany, specialising in radio control model aircraft, boats and cars in kit form.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Robbe
As a girl name
American parents first put Robbe on the record books as a girl name in 1951, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1951, when 6 Robbes were born — ranking #4,833 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1951 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6 Robbes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Robbe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1963, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1963: 8 births, good for #3,044 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 78% of all recorded Robbes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1977 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 23 Robbes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Robbe
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About the name Robbe
Robbe is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 23 births in the dataset. Robbe's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #3,044. Use the chart and map above to compare Robbe'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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