Robertson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROB-urt-sun
- Origin
- Scottish
Robertson is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Robert”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Robertson mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname meaning 'son of Robert'
“son of Robert”
The Robertsons form Clan Donnachaidh, whose chiefs have long been tied to Struan in Perthshire.
Is Robertson a girl's or a boy's name?
Robertson is a boys' name.
How popular is Robertson in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Robertson in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Robertson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
Names like Robertson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Robertson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/robertson, updated 20 October 2026.