Bob
Boy · BAHB · Germanic
Bob is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Bob mean?
Germanic: short form of Robert
“bright fame”
A rhyming nickname for Robert, from the medieval habit of swapping first letters, as Rob became Bob.
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Is Bob a girl's or a boy's name?
Bob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bob in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bob in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Bob in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Bob in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Bob, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 2,826 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bob in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,082 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,021 |
| 1983 | 89 | #936 |
| 1982 | 92 | #933 |
| 1981 | 84 | #986 |
| 1980 | 106 | #859 |
| 1979 | 118 | #798 |
| 1978 | 110 | #813 |
| 1977 | 120 | #778 |
| 1976 | 139 | #706 |
| 1975 | 167 | #625 |
| 1974 | 170 | #618 |
| 1973 | 207 | #542 |
| 1972 | 221 | #535 |
| 1971 | 325 | #449 |
| 1970 | 406 | #399 |
| 1969 | 425 | #380 |
| 1968 | 477 | #354 |
| 1967 | 535 | #323 |
| 1966 | 684 | #280 |
| 1965 | 1,003 | #230 |
| 1964 | 1,432 | #198 |
| 1963 | 1,847 | #167 |
| 1962 | 2,163 | #152 |
| 1961 | 2,504 | #141 |
| 1960 | 2,719 | #131 |
| 1959 | 2,826 | #128 |
| 1958 | 2,518 | #139 |
| 1957 | 1,814 | #171 |
| 1956 | 1,020 | #228 |
| 1955 | 799 | #248 |
| 1954 | 697 | #266 |
| 1953 | 690 | #264 |
| 1952 | 756 | #247 |
| 1951 | 806 | #237 |
| 1950 | 976 | #204 |
| 1949 | 1,466 | #162 |
| 1948 | 1,960 | #141 |
| 1947 | 2,514 | #115 |
| 1946 | 2,493 | #107 |
| 1945 | 2,176 | #107 |
| 1944 | 2,133 | #109 |
| 1943 | 2,275 | #110 |
| 1942 | 2,203 | #110 |
| 1941 | 2,074 | #103 |
| 1940 | 2,082 | #99 |
| 1939 | 2,244 | #89 |
| 1938 | 2,204 | #94 |
| 1937 | 2,364 | #81 |
| 1936 | 2,408 | #77 |
| 1935 | 2,389 | #81 |
| 1934 | 2,478 | #75 |
| 1933 | 2,222 | #82 |
| 1932 | 2,424 | #79 |
| 1931 | 2,318 | #78 |
| 1930 | 2,242 | #88 |
| 1929 | 2,103 | #89 |
| 1928 | 2,093 | #95 |
| 1927 | 1,970 | #100 |
| 1926 | 1,778 | #102 |
| 1925 | 1,369 | #129 |
| 1924 | 1,167 | #142 |
| 1923 | 916 | #164 |
| 1922 | 787 | #179 |
| 1921 | 798 | #178 |
| 1920 | 710 | #189 |
| 1919 | 548 | #222 |
| 1918 | 477 | #244 |
| 1917 | 352 | #272 |
| 1916 | 304 | #296 |
| 1915 | 296 | #292 |
| 1914 | 217 | #307 |
| 1913 | 164 | #314 |
| 1912 | 141 | #306 |
| 1911 | 76 | #308 |
| 1910 | 103 | #229 |
| 1909 | 58 | #299 |
| 1908 | 77 | #242 |
| 1907 | 77 | #231 |
| 1906 | 69 | #235 |
| 1905 | 58 | #259 |
| 1904 | 65 | #234 |
| 1903 | 66 | #223 |
| 1902 | 64 | #224 |
| 1901 | 49 | #245 |
| 1900 | 98 | #196 |
| 1899 | 59 | #219 |
| 1898 | 61 | #224 |
| 1897 | 53 | #238 |
| 1896 | 45 | #270 |
| 1895 | 54 | #242 |
| 1894 | 48 | #249 |
| 1893 | 59 | #222 |
| 1892 | 61 | #223 |
| 1891 | 55 | #214 |
| 1890 | 53 | #226 |
| 1889 | 51 | #226 |
| 1888 | 59 | #228 |
| 1887 | 74 | #172 |
| 1886 | 66 | #200 |
| 1885 | 52 | #227 |
| 1884 | 50 | #240 |
| 1883 | 62 | #190 |
| 1882 | 59 | #212 |
| 1881 | 50 | #218 |
| 1880 | 46 | #244 |
Nicknames for Bob
- Bobby 572 boys in the UK in 2025
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