Roby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-bee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Roby 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 Roby mean?
Germanic: pet form of Robert
“bright fame”
A pet form of Robert, the Germanic name brought to England by the Normans.
Is Roby a girl's or a boy's name?
Roby 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 Roby in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Roby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
How popular is Roby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Roby, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Roby in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 27% of the babies named Roby in the US in 1915, and 14% in 1960.
Roby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,704 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,216 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,012 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
Names like Roby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harry Henry Freddie Frederick Albert Otis Bobby Rudy Stanley Archie Rupert Tommy
Names related to Roby
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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, “Roby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roby, updated 20 October 2026.