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Robinson

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Robinson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
320.00% of boys
Peak year
201464 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1900
2,889people given the name
Babies named Robinson, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,889 boys have been named Robinson in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 64 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2010s alone account for 18%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Robinson
1900s7
1910s90
1920s108
1930s99
1940s89
1950s133
1960s193
1970s234
1980s387
1990s449
2000s398
2010s520
2020s182

In 2014, its biggest year

Robinson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.

Names that rose and fell with Robinson

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.