girls:
24k births since 1932
#919 (84th percentile)
boys:
64 births since 1971
#4522 (1st percentile)
overall:
24.1k births since 1932
#1637 (79th percentile)
The name Bobbi is the #1,637 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,074 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 78.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #919 (83.9% percentile) for all time with 24,010 births since 1932. For boys, it ranks #4,522 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 1971.
Bobbi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for girls and 1971 for boys).
The name Bobbi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Bobbi reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 61.6% percentile (ranked #296) with 482 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 482 births per million (ranked 61.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Bobbi ranks #876 for girls (7.5% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 9.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bobbi reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #663) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bobbi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Bobbi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Bobby" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Bobby..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bobbi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Bobbi is pronounced as BAH-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAW-bee, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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