girls:
45 births since 1953
#5671 (1st percentile)
boys:
98 births since 1962
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
143 births since 1953
#7596 (2nd percentile)
The name Robben is the #7,596 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 143 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #5,671 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1953.
Robben first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for girls and 1962 for boys). Birth data for Robben is available in 19 out of the 66 years between 1953 and 2018 (13 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Robben has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.5% of all recorded births). In 2018, 100.0% of babies named Robben were boys. Interestingly, until around 1964, the name was more popular for girls (87.5% girls from 1953 to 1963), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (90.3% boys from 1964 to 2018).
For boys, Robben reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #894) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
For girls, Robben reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #726) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Robben".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Robben. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Robben is pronounced as RAH-buhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAH-bihn, at 7.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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