girls:
291.2k births since 1904
#132 (98th percentile)
boys:
46.3k births since 1881
#526 (89th percentile)
overall:
337.5k births since 1881
#218 (97th percentile)
The name Robin is the #218 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 337,452 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 97.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #132 (97.7% percentile) for all time with 291,199 births since 1904. For boys, it ranks #526 (88.5% percentile) for all time with 46,253 births since 1881.
Robin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1904 for girls). Birth data for Robin is available in 130 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (129 years for boys and 115 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 Robin has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 52.4% of babies named Robin were girls. Interestingly, until around 1942, the name was more popular for boys (57.3% boys from 1881 to 1941), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (86.8% girls from 1942 to 2023).
For girls, Robin reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 96.9% percentile (ranked #25) with 7,464 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 7,535 births per million (ranked 96.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Robin ranks #616 for girls (35.0% percentile) with 202 births per million, which is 2.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Robin reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 77.7% percentile (ranked #143) with 1,047 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 1,047 births per million (ranked 77.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Robin ranks #609 for boys (33.2% percentile) with 176 births per million, which is 16.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Robin".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Robin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.3% confident that Robin is pronounced as RAH-bihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAH-buhn, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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