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Bobbie

Gender
Unisex
Say it
BOB-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#536 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,064 for girls

Unisex

Bobbie is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. In 2025 it ranked 536th for girls in the UK (81 babies) and 2,064th for girls in the US (91 babies).

What does Bobbie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Robert or Roberta

“bright fame”

Bobbie, short for Roberta, is the eldest child in E. Nesbit's The Railway Children.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Bobbie a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Bobbie has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 81 girls and 33 boys in the UK and 91 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Bobbie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#536among girls
Babies in 2025
81about 1 in 3,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 81 girls in the UK were named Bobbie, making it the 536th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 672nd. 33 boys were also named Bobbie in 2025 (1,008th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Bobbie of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Bobbie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 153 girls in the UK were given Bobbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #331, up from #536 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 84% of the babies named Bobbie in the UK in 1996, and 71% in 2025.

Among girls in 2025, it was 520th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 81 in 20252025
Bobbie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202581#536
202464#645
202374#562
202266#628
202170#602
202060#672
201975#584
201862#706
201746#897
201649#841
201552#799
201446#891
201335#1,096
201260#733
201145#872
201035#1,033
200945#836
200846#810
200755#688
200647#732
200546#724
200472#507
200364#543
200257#572
200176#451
200053#576
199953#577
199874#456
199766#493
199673#452

How popular is Bobbie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,064among girls
Babies in 2025
91about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 58% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 91 girls in the US were named Bobbie, making it the 2,064th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 1934, with 2,190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883. 5 boys were also named Bobbie in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

2025 had more girls named Bobbie than any year since 2004.

Half of all the girls named Bobbie in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 212 girls in the US were given Bobbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,020, up from #2,064 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 95% of the babies named Bobbie in the US were girls.

1883Busiest: 2,190 in 19342025
Bobbie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202591#2,064
202465#2,661
202369#2,555
202256#2,956
202162#2,751
202042#3,546
201939#3,787
201861#2,781
201752#3,091
201634#4,249
201543#3,595
201442#3,650
201361#2,803
201254#3,093
201156#3,013
201049#3,305
200951#3,251
200868#2,690
200778#2,418
200666#2,701
200590#2,072
200495#1,961
2003108#1,742
2002113#1,631
2001144#1,330
2000148#1,296
1999184#1,084
1998198#1,006
1997264#789
1996281#752
1995320#667
1994346#633
1993314#688
1992273#760
1991361#625
1990351#637
1989387#569
1988383#558
1987424#503
1986451#475
1985559#404
1984608#374
1983737#315
1982947#261
1981934#269
1980923#270
1979877#280
1978876#265
1977983#251
19761,049#229
19751,042#233
19741,073#236
19731,076#240
19721,175#236
19711,205#242
19701,220#253
19691,056#272
1968871#298
1967856#294
1966860#292
1965908#294
1964863#319
1963793#336
1962875#318
1961896#306
19601,003#290
19591,077#267
19581,140#258
19571,162#250
19561,238#233
19551,158#237
19541,384#215
19531,316#221
19521,333#212
19511,489#192
19501,388#195
19491,470#188
19481,543#179
19471,618#178
19461,556#171
19451,563#150
19441,710#144
19431,804#147
19421,668#151
19411,633#145
19401,632#147
19391,676#141
19381,868#127
19371,953#122
19361,986#119
19352,004#116
19342,190#110
19332,010#114
19322,126#113
19311,901#124
19301,765#135
19291,529#146
19281,257#166
19271,058#194
1926839#218
1925677#254
1924503#297
1923419#315
1922338#359
1921342#358
1920292#384
1919297#378
1918266#400
1917232#416
1916194#458
1915193#441
1914148#451
1913132#431
1912107#457
191193#421
191050#584
190964#468
190872#426
190753#489
190644#515
190554#458
190426#682
190328#628
190231#591
190130#559
190035#589
189918#756
189820#750
189717#761
189616#813
189526#596
18949#1,061
189317#713
189213#830
189120#589
189013#758
188912#757
18888#959
188710#733
18865#1,108
18859#745
18846#930
18835#920

Names like Bobbie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Billie Bonnie Betsy Lottie Alice Hattie Rosie Annie Dottie Frankie Charlotte Connie

Other spellings of Bobbie

Bobbi Bobby Bobi

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Bobbie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bobbie, updated 20 October 2026.