Robby
Boy · ROB-ee · Germanic
Robby is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Robby mean?
Germanic: spelling of Robbie; pet form of Robert
“bright fame”
A pet form of Robert; Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is affectionately called Rabbie, the Scots version of it.
- Say it
- ROB-ee
Meaning borrowed from Robbie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Robby a girl's or a boy's name?
Robby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Robby in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Robby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Robby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Robby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Robby, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 412 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Robby in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 boys in the US were given Robby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,575, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
- Robbie 69
- Robby 22
Robby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,369 |
| 1993 | 79 | #1,274 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,074 |
| 1991 | 107 | #1,037 |
| 1990 | 111 | #996 |
| 1989 | 142 | #836 |
| 1988 | 120 | #864 |
| 1987 | 128 | #823 |
| 1986 | 149 | #744 |
| 1985 | 158 | #700 |
| 1984 | 146 | #721 |
| 1983 | 157 | #682 |
| 1982 | 190 | #629 |
| 1981 | 212 | #585 |
| 1980 | 240 | #551 |
| 1979 | 232 | #565 |
| 1978 | 211 | #579 |
| 1977 | 248 | #533 |
| 1976 | 164 | #643 |
| 1975 | 199 | #572 |
| 1974 | 202 | #564 |
| 1973 | 231 | #517 |
| 1972 | 318 | #445 |
| 1971 | 354 | #433 |
| 1970 | 312 | #459 |
| 1969 | 374 | #411 |
| 1968 | 346 | #414 |
| 1967 | 254 | #473 |
| 1966 | 307 | #436 |
| 1965 | 351 | #418 |
| 1964 | 412 | #393 |
| 1963 | 388 | #409 |
| 1962 | 360 | #420 |
| 1961 | 314 | #454 |
| 1960 | 207 | #547 |
| 1959 | 208 | #542 |
| 1958 | 204 | #538 |
| 1957 | 150 | #624 |
| 1956 | 149 | #623 |
| 1955 | 102 | #722 |
| 1954 | 98 | #726 |
| 1953 | 80 | #797 |
| 1952 | 65 | #869 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 52 | #957 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1947 | 59 | #905 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
Nicknames for Robby
Names like Robby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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