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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bobbye

Bobbye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 530th with 155 babies. More babies were named Bobbye in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1931155 babies
Total since 1880
3,269babies recorded

Bobbye popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 97 since 1930.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#8,2547
1970#5,4459
1960#3,36714
1950#1,29450
1940#91262
1930#635119
1920#1,58927
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Bobbye, counting every spelling?

Bobbye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Bobbye?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Bobbye are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 67 and 85. That makes Bobbye a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bobbye by state

How common Bobbye was among girls born in each state in 1929–1933, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (6.7×), Mississippi (6.7×), Texas (6.1×), Tennessee (4.6×), Louisiana (4.5×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.82 per 1,000 babiesAR0.82Tennessee: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesTN0.56North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesOK0.45Louisiana: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesLA0.55Mississippi: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesMS0.81Alabama: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAL0.18Georgia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesGA0.08Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.74 per 1,000 babiesTX0.74Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bobbye, girls, 1929–1933. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bobbye: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bobbye, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bobbye

How popular is the name Bobbye?

Bobbye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 530th with 155 babies. More babies were named Bobbye in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Bobbye a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,172 girls and 97 boys.

Where was Bobbye most popular?

In 1929–1933, Bobbye was most common in Arkansas (0.82 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Texas.