Robert
Robert stands at #92 nationally in 2025, keeping its place without fuss. It crested back in 1947, and what is left is the good kind of familiar: heard of, rarely met.
What Robert carries
Robert · Teutonic
“bright fame”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Robert’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Robert, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Robert since 1880
Robert peaked in 1947 at #2; #92 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Robert is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Robert runs strongest in Vermont at 0.83% in 2025, then Wyoming and District of Columbia.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Robert
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Richard
#234 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charles
#48 in 2025 · Teutonic
William
#9 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Elsie
#123 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Robert
Where does Robert rank right now?
Robert stands at #92 nationally in 2025, keeping its place without fuss. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Robert mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “bright fame”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Robert?
Nearest by the published recipe: Richard, Charles and William. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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