Bob
About Bob
Kids love Bob the Builder, but do they want to be Bob the Builder? Bob and Bobby have been out of style since the 1960s, but as vintage nickname-names -- Fred, Archie -- come back into vogue, Bob may tag along. Charlie Sheen used it for one of his twin sons.
Pronounced BOB.
As of October 2026, Bob ranked #9845 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #75 in 1934.
Editor's take: The name Bob is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bright fame".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
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| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Bob on lists
Famous Bobs
- Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman)
American singer,songwriter
- Robert Nathaniel Corey "Bob" Bryar
former drummer of American band My Chemical Romance
- Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould
lead singer of American punk band Husker Du
- Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley
Jamaican reggae musician
- Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof
English musician
- Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope
English,American actor/comedian
- Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole
former U.S. Senator from Kansas
- Robert Clark "Bob" Seger
American singer,songwriter
- Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan
American tennis player; twin of brother Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan
- Robert John "Bob" Odenkirk
American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
- George Robert "Bob" Newhart
American actor/comedian
- Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas
American sportscaster
- Robert Montgomery "Bob" Knight
American basketball coach
- Robert Edward "Bob" Huggins
American basketball coach
- Robert "Bob" Weinstein
American film producer
- Robert "Bob" Kane
American comic book artist
- Robert "Bob" Morris
guitarist/singer for Chicago based band The Hush Sound
- Robert "Bob" Morley
Australian actor
- B.o.B.
stage name of Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., American rapper
- Robert "Bob" Irwin
Australian TV personality, son of Steve Irwin
- Bob Sheen (b. 2009)
son of actor Charlie Sheen
- Bob Barker(b. 1923) retired game show host
famous for hosting "The Price is Right"
Bob in pop culture
- Bob the Titan
character in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
- Bob Lee Swagger
character in the movie "Shooter"
- Bob Chipeska
character in the movie "Bad Santa"
- Bob Cratchit
character in "A Christmas Carol"
- Killer BOB
character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
- Bob
two characters on British TV's "Blackadder"
- Bob
character in The Dresden Files series
- Bob
character on TV's "Becker"
- Bob Hunter
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Bob
main character in animated series "ReBoot"
- Bob the Killer Goldfish
character in the Earthworm Jim video game series
- Smilin' Bob
character in commercials for Enzyte
- Bob
recurring character on TV's' "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
- Bob
a "watchlizard" from the First Comics series "GrimJack"
- Bob Bobertson
character in Flash cartoon "Weebl and Bob"
- Bob
main character in sprite comic "Bob and George"
- Bob
Agent of HYDRA, Marvel Comics character
- Bob
main character from the TV show "Veggie Tales"
- Sideshow Bob (born Robert Underdunk Terwilliger)
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Bob Belcher
main character on TV's "Bob's Burgers"
- Bob Kelso
character on TV's "Scrubs"
- Bob Duncan
character on TV's "Good Luck Charlie"
- Silent Bob
character in several Kevin Smith films, partner of Jay
- Bob Wiley
character in 1991 movie "What About Bob?"
- Planet Bob
aka New Earth, in 2000 movie "Titan A.E."
- Handsome Bob
character in 2008 movie "RocknRolla"
- Almighty Bob
deity in "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams
- Bob Johnson
character on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Bob
character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
- Bob
character in "Harry Potter" series
- Bob
minion in the "Despicable Me" movies
- "Bob the Builder
" British animated TV series
- "Baby Bob
" TV sitcom
- "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
" 1969 movie
- Bob
aka Admiral Robert "Bob" Bennett , Starfleet Admiral in the 1989 Film
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Kirk referred to him simply as "Bob"