Robinson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROB-in-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Robinson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Robin”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Robinson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Robin”
Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe made the surname familiar as a first name.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Robinson a girl's or a boy's name?
Robinson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Robinson in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.
Robinson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
How popular is Robinson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Robinson, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Robinson in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Robinson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
Nicknames for Robinson
Names like Robinson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Robinson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/robinson, updated 20 October 2026.