# Robinson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/robinson/  
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 | /ˈɹɑb.ɪn.sən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,921 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,921 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Robin + -son.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,584 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,261 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,160 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,152 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,404 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,406 |
| 2017 | 43 | 2,832 |
| 2018 | 44 | 2,786 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,683 |
| 2020 | 33 | 3,401 |
| 2021 | 45 | 2,809 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,676 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,992 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,589 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,641 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Robinson

- Robinson Jeffers, American poet (1887–1962)
- Sanford Robinson Gifford, American painter (1823–1880)
- Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player (born 1982)
- Robinson Stévenin, French actor
- Robinson Chalapud, Colombian cyclist
- Robinson Reichel, German actor
- John R. Pierce, American electrical engineer, acoustics expert, and author (1910–2002)
- James Planché, British dramatist, costume designer, and antiquarian (1796-1880)
- Richard R. Nelson, American professor of economics (1930–2025)

## 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.