girls:
63k births since 1921
#504 (91st percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1940
#3383 (26th percentile)
overall:
64.3k births since 1921
#919 (88th percentile)
The name Robyn is the #919 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 64,256 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 88.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #504 (91.2% percentile) for all time with 63,032 births since 1921. For boys, it ranks #3,383 (26.2% percentile) for all time with 1,224 births since 1940.
Robyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for girls and 1940 for boys). Birth data for Robyn is available in 98 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (98 years for girls and 68 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 Robyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Robyn reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 77.9% percentile (ranked #166) with 1,019 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 1,019 births per million (ranked 77.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Robyn ranks #776 for girls (18.1% percentile) with 101 births per million, which is 9.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Robyn reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #629) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 20 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Robyn ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 22.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Robyn".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Robyn is pronounced as RAH-bihn, which has 2 syllables.
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