Bob
2 countries#9714 in United States, 2025US
#9714
in United States, 2025
FR
#4603
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
93,605
Peak year (United States)
1959
Peak-year count
2,834
First recorded
1880
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Bob was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
93,308 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #9714 · peaked in 1959 with 2,834 births
Most common in: California, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Missouri
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
297 births recorded 1946–2022 · currently #4603 · peaked in 1992 with 18 births
Most common in: Nord
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Bob’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #3815 | — |
| 2006 | #6460 | ↓2645 |
| 2007 | #8915 | ↓2455 |
| 2008 | #4267 | ↑4648 |
| 2009 | #4429 | ↓162 |
| 2010 | #7591 | ↓3162 |
| 2011 | #5945 | ↑1646 |
| 2012 | #8864 | ↓2919 |
| 2013 | #4804 | ↑4060 |
| 2014 | #10717 | ↓5913 |
| 2015 | #5999 | ↑4718 |
| 2016 | #6349 | ↓350 |
| 2017 | #5111 | ↑1238 |
| 2018 | #5106 | ↑5 |
| 2019 | #6104 | ↓998 |
| 2020 | #6620 | ↓516 |
| 2022 | #12330 | ↓5710 |
| 2023 | #8255 | ↑4075 |
| 2024 | #9894 | ↓1639 |
| 2025 | #9714 | ↑180 |