# Rob (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rob/  
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 | /ɹɒb/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,775 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,775 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 6,304 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6,511 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,524 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,500 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,244 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,787 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,013 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,857 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,572 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,650 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,694 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,657 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,645 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,060 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,457 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 1,591 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |

## People named Rob

- Rob Reiner, American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025)
- Rob Lowe, American actor (born 1964)
- Rob Zombie, American rock singer and filmmaker
- Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch association football player
- Rob Holding, English association football player
- Rob Marshall, American filmmaker and choreographer (born 1960)
- Rob Paulsen, American voice actor and voice director
- Rob Garrison, American actor (1960-2019)
- Rob Riggle, American actor
- Robin Cook, American novelist, ophthalmologist, aquanaut
- Rob Morrow, American actor and director (born 1962)
- Rob Cohen, American film director and producer

## 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.