girls:
356 births since 1955
#5360 (6th percentile)
boys:
116 births since 1961
#4470 (2nd percentile)
overall:
472 births since 1955
#7267 (6th percentile)
The name Robi is the #7,267 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 472 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,360 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 356 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,470 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 116 births since 1961.
Robi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Robi is available in 46 out of the 61 years between 1955 and 2015 (41 years for girls and 18 years for boys). 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 Robi has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2015, 0.0% of babies named Robi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (77.0% girls from 1955 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (68.8% boys from 2006 to 2015).
For girls, Robi reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #751) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Robi reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #653) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Robi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Robi is pronounced as ROH-bee, which has 2 syllables.
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