girls:
88.5k births since 1883
#400 (93rd percentile)
boys:
18.4k births since 1889
#845 (82nd percentile)
overall:
106.9k births since 1883
#647 (92nd percentile)
The name Bobbie is the #647 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 106,886 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 91.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #400 (93.0% percentile) for all time with 88,470 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #845 (81.6% percentile) for all time with 18,416 births since 1889.
Bobbie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1889 for boys).
The name Bobbie has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.0% of babies named Bobbie were girls.
For girls, Bobbie reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 80.9% percentile (ranked #109) with 2,024 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 2,024 births per million (ranked 80.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bobbie ranks #883 for girls (6.8% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bobbie reached its peak popularity in 1931, achieving the 67.6% percentile (ranked #169) with 702 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 702 births per million (ranked 67.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bobbie ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 0.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bobbie".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Bobbie is pronounced as BAH-bee, which has 2 syllables.
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