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The name Robert is of Germanic origin, and means bright fame. The table below indicates the number of times the name Robert has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Robert**
Use of the Name Robert for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
4,710,528	2,034,639	586,564	142,552	60,036	21,772	10,485

The table below indicates the number of times the name Robert has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Robert**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	10	2,416	539	11
1881	11	2,141	618	9
1882	10	2,501	557	12
1883	9	2,334	608	11
1884	10	2,469	911	7
1885	9	2,321	692	11
1886	8	2,445	568	16
1887	11	2,124	928	8
1888	8	2,814	591	19
1889	9	2,515	714	14
1890	8	2,542	818	12
1891	8	2,240	993	9
1892	8	2,713	720	17
1893	8	2,563	734	17
1894	8	2,497	660	21
1895	8	2,637	722	20
1896	8	2,719	592	28
1897	8	2,703	759	18
1898	7	2,937
1899	7	2,613	784	18
1900	6	3,842	757	24
1901	7	2,544	850	16
1902	6	3,181	770	21
1903	7	3,045
1904	5	3,417
1905	6	3,412	819	21
1906	5	3,636	954	16
1907	5	4,022	789	23
1908	5	4,220	765	26
1909	5	4,560	829	25
1910	4	5,601	808	29
1911	5	6,506	701	39
1912	4	12,820	617	64
1913	4	15,680	612	72
1914	4	21,192	654	79
1915	4	28,759	609	116
1916	4	31,737	614	122
1917	4	35,232	516	168
1918	4	40,671	519	178
1919	4	41,057	497	183
1920	3	48,691	481	203
1921	2	52,759	437	245
1922	2	53,840	434	238
1923	2	56,150	424	252
1924	1	60,811	400	295
1925	1	60,824	363	352
1926	1	61,122	347	370
1927	1	61,528	332	410
1928	1	60,595	313	438
1929	1	59,744	314	438
1930	1	62,037	321	421
1931	1	60,374	345	344
1932	1	59,177	352	325
1933	1	54,113	389	274
1934	1	55,771	398	265
1935	1	56,443	426	231
1936	1	58,434	434	221
1937	1	61,766	441	223
1938	1	62,231	456	218
1939	2	59,675	465	209
1940	2	61,149	467	206
1941	2	64,150	499	195
1942	2	71,825	513	211
1943	2	74,522	470	246
1944	2	70,572	521	194
1945	2	69,908	515	200
1946	2	83,781	538	216
1947	2	91,358	551	237
1948	2	85,258	587	203
1949	2	83,660	587	199
1950	2	83,499	593	204
1951	2	86,049	598	208
1952	2	86,541	640	193
1953	1	85,948	591	226
1954	3	86,206	670	193
1955	4	83,618	603	236
1956	3	83,826	660	210
1957	4	81,605	609	259
1958	4	77,197	648	232
1959	5	74,465	651	238
1960	5	72,316	613	268
1961	5	72,830	592	289
1962	5	70,177	669	233
1963	5	70,001	637	251
1964	5	69,933	595	279
1965	5	63,091	607	256
1966	5	59,288	598	250
1967	5	56,345	594	257
1968	5	58,157	589	265
1969	5	58,321	538	336
1970	5	57,130	562	327
1971	5	50,570	582	299
1972	6	42,976	573	288
1973	7	38,698	616	250
1974	7	36,994	634	243
1975	6	35,283	636	244
1976	7	33,773	653	237
1977	6	34,175	665	238
1978	8	33,304	642	253
1979	8	34,002	684	250
1980	9	34,204	683	254
1981	9	34,352	723	229
1982	9	34,363	731	233
1983	10	32,698	674	255
1984	9	31,727	722	229
1985	8	32,072	724	238
1986	9	31,318	739	240
1987	10	30,213	799	219
1988	10	30,280	922	184
1989	10	30,072
1990	13	28,833
1991	13	26,829
1992	17	24,082
1993	17	22,428
1994	21	20,541
1995	22	18,563
1996	23	17,661
1997	23	16,285
1998	23	15,504
1999	26	14,503
2000	29	13,683
2001	30	12,612
2002	34	11,969
2003	35	11,287
2004	36	10,485
Totals:		4,710,528		19,172

During the last 125 years, parents have used Robert as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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