# Bobby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bobby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑbi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bobbie, Bobbi |
| US babies named this | 324,728 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 315,053 / 9,675 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17,613, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Bob + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 13,860 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,478 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,778 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,439 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,717 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,746 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,455 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,275 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,290 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,706 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,542 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,429 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,806 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,411 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,448 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 346 | 683 |
| 2012 | 331 | 714 |
| 2013 | 363 | 665 |
| 2014 | 313 | 754 |
| 2015 | 328 | 740 |
| 2016 | 322 | 754 |
| 2017 | 298 | 786 |
| 2018 | 272 | 823 |
| 2019 | 250 | 880 |
| 2020 | 268 | 850 |
| 2021 | 216 | 1,016 |
| 2022 | 214 | 1,033 |
| 2023 | 169 | 1,192 |
| 2024 | 192 | 1,114 |
| 2025 | 195 | 1,097 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 869 | 76 |
| 2012 | 1,186 | 57 |
| 2013 | 1,049 | 59 |
| 2014 | 922 | 71 |
| 2015 | 983 | 67 |
| 2016 | 775 | 90 |
| 2017 | 955 | 65 |
| 2018 | 872 | 73 |
| 2019 | 903 | 68 |
| 2020 | 790 | 70 |
| 2021 | 772 | 73 |
| 2022 | 712 | 80 |
| 2023 | 570 | 93 |
| 2024 | 652 | 82 |
| 2025 | 544 | 94 |

## People named Bobby

- Bobby Charlton, English association football player and manager (1937–2023)
- Bobby Robson, English association football player and manager (1933-2009)
- Bobby Moore, English association football player (1941–1993)
- Bobby Cannavale, American actor (born 1970)
- Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and singer (1949–2010)
- Bobby Jindal, American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana (born 1971)
- Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (1935–2020)
- Bobby Brown, American R&B singer (born 1969)
- Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2023)
- Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Bobby Lee, American stand-up comedian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.