Robert
Top 1000
About Robert
Robert was the Number 1 boys' name in the US in both 1925 and 1950, and in fact was in the Top 25 for more than a century, giving it true classic status. Strong if not quite stylish, Robert remains in the Top 100 for baby boys as a family favorite.
Robert was derived from the ancient Germanic name Hrodebert, from the elements hrod, meaning "fame" and bertha, "bright." Robert was the name of three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce, who freed Scotland from English rule. The name was brought to England by the Normans.
Nicknames Bob and Bobby are stuck in the past, while Rob, Robb and Robby/Robbie have an ever so slightly more modern appeal. Antiquated pet forms Dob, Hob, Rab and Rabbie might be fresh nicknames, but the most fashionable form of Robert today is....Robert.
There are countless literary and real-life namesakes, from poets Frost and Burns to actors Redford and De Niro to Shark Tank businessperson Robert Herjavec. Modern parents might consider honoring an ancestral Robert by choosing Robertson or Robinson, or even the derivative Robin, rising in popularity for boys.
Pronounced RAH-bert.
As of October 2026, Robert ranked #92 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1932, Nameberry popularity #102.
Editor's take: The name Robert is a boy's name of German, English origin meaning "bright fame".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #60 | 6,660 | 3,467.2 |
| 2015 | #63 | 6,132 | 3,199.2 |
| 2016 | #62 | 6,005 | 3,164.3 |
| 2017 | #65 | 5,566 | 3,007.1 |
| 2018 | #71 | 5,191 | 2,858.2 |
| 2019 | #76 | 4,851 | 2,703.7 |
| 2020 | #80 | 4,401 | 2,549.7 |
| 2021 | #79 | 4,430 | 2,532.2 |
| 2022 | #84 | 4,078 | 2,335.6 |
| 2023 | #89 | 3,823 | 2,234.9 |
| 2024 | #90 | 3,785 | 2,196.9 |
| 2025 | #92 | 3,772 | 2,208.3 |
World rankings
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Robert on lists
Famous Roberts
- Robert I and II
Kings of the Franks
- Robert I
Duke of Normandy, father of William the Conqueror
- Robert of Jumièges
first Norman Archbishop of Canterbury
- Robert the Bruce
King of Scotland
- Robert II and III
Kings of Scotland
- Robert
King of Naples
- Robert Catesby
leader of the English Gunpowder Plot of 1605
- Robert Burns
Scottish poet and national treasure
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist
- Robert Edward Lee
American Confederate Civil War general
- Robert Todd Lincoln
son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- Robert Gould Shaw
Civil War Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
- Robert Michael Ballantyne
British author
- Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh)
American actor
- Robert Emmet
Irish Republican Patriot, Orator and Rebel Leader
- Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy
U.S. Attorney General and Senator from New York, Husband of Ethel Skakel
- Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole
U.S. Senator from Kansas
- Robert Selden Duvall
American actor
- (Charles) Robert Redford
American actor and director
- Robert Allen Zimmerman
birth name of Bob Dylan, American singer,songwriter
- Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley
Jamaican reggae singer,songwriter
- Robert John Downey Jr.
American actor
- Robert Roldan
American contemporary dancer
- Robert De Niro
American actor
- Robert Patrick "Rob" Benedict
actor
- Robert "Rob" James McElhenney
American actor, writer, and producer
- Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
- Robert James Smith
musician of English band The Cure
- Robert Michael Sheehan (Irish: Roibeárd Mícheál Ó Siodhacháin)
Irish actor
- Robert Anthony Plant
lead singer of English band Led Zeppelin
- Robert Gordon Menzies
12th Prime Minister of Australia
- Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
English actor
- Robert Albert Bloch
American novelist
- Robert David Hall
American actor
- Robert Hammond Patrick Jr.
American actor
- Robert George Young
American actor
- Robert Sylvester Kelly aka R. Kelly
American R&B singer
- Robert Bartleh Cummings aka Rob Zombie
American musician
- Robert Betts Laughlin
American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Robert Alan "Rob" Morrow
American actor
- Robert Barton Englund
American actor
- Robert Falcon Scott
British Naval officer and Antarctic explorer
- Robert Randolph Garran
1st Solicitor,General of Australia
- Robert Burnell
Lord Chancellor of England
- Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand
Prince of Orléans, Duke of Chartres, grandson of King Louis,Philippe of France
- (James) Robert Cade
American researcher who invented Gatorade
- Robert Hues
English geographer
- Robert Thomas Christgau
American journalist and music critic
- Robert Stanley "Rob" Dyrdek
American skateboarder
- Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe
American actor
- Robert George Kardashian
American attorney and businessman; patriarch of TV's Kardashian family
- Robert Arthur "Rob" Kardashian
American reality TV personality; son of Robert Kardashian
- Robert 'Rob' Grote
singer of America band The Districts
- Robert Alfred 'Bobby' Morley
Australian actor
- Robert Vito
American actor
- Robert C. Springer
American astronaut
- Robert Patrick "Robbie" Amell
Canadian actor and model
- Robert Hunter Biden
son of VP Joe Biden
- Robert Fico
Prime Minister of Slovakia
- Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III
American voice actor
- Robert Mondavi
leading California vineyard operator who brought worldwide recognition to the wines of Napa Valley
- Robert Morgan
British filmmaker, director and writer
- Robert Benoît Paul Henri James Marie
Prince of Orléans, Petit,Fils de France, Count of la Marche (b. 1976), son of Prince Thibaut
- Robert Clarence Irwin
Australian animal expert; son of the late Steve Irwin
- Robert "Bob" Irwin
Australian naturalist, animal conservationist, former zookeeper, and a pioneering herpetologist; father of the late Steve Irwin
- Robert Galbraith
pen name of the British novelist JK Rowling
- Robert Ford Wilson (b. 2011)
son of American actor Owen Wilson
- Robert Glatzel
German footballer
- Robert Wisdom
American actor
- Robert Knepper
American actor
- Robert Ellis Smith IV (b. 2018)
son of Bobby & Tori Smith
- Robert Franzese
New York based cosplayer , called the "Real Life Peter Griffin" because of his strong resemblance to the "Family Guy' Character
- Robert Pine (born Granville Whitelaw Pine)
American actor and director
- Robert Maltby (b. 1985)
21 year old British man who was attacked for being goth in 2007 and luckily survived
- Robert Pickering Burnham
American comedian and songwriter
Robert in pop culture
- Robert Baratheon
character in the "Game of Thrones" series
- Robert Barone
character on TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Robert "Rob" McGroarty
character in "The Brave Little Toaster"
- Robert "Bobby" Pendragon
character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale
- Dr. Robert Chase
character on TV's "House"
- Robert California
character on TV's "The Office"
- Robert Frobisher
character in book/movie ''The Cloud Atlas''
- Robert Crawley
Earl of Grantham, character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- Robert Steven "Bobby" Singer
character on TV's "Supernatural"
- Robert Townsend
character in "Yesterday's Child," by Barbara Wood
- Robert Hammond
character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Robert Small
character in video game "Dream Daddy"
- "Dr. Robert
" song by The Beatles
- Robert Dyas
London retail shop
- Robert Edwin House
a character in "Fallout: New Vegas"
- Robert Clark
character in "Fran Bow"
- Dr. Robert Bruce Banner
also known as Hulk, character in Marvel Universe
- Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake
also known as Iceman, character in Marvel Universe
- Robert Lanyon
character in "The Glass Scientists"
- Robert Alan Queen
character in DC Universe
- Robert "Robbie" Stacey Valentino
character in "Gravity Falls"
- Robert Quinn
Callie's biological father on Freeform's "The Fosters"
- Robert April
First Captain of the Starship Enterprise NCC,1701 in the Star Trek Franchise
- Robert "Bobby" Nash
Character on ABC's "9-1-1"
- Robert John Linder
The birthname of Johnny Silverhand, a character from the Cyberpunk TTRPGs and video game "Cyberpunk 2077"
- "Prince Robert"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"