Robbie

Meaning: Bright fame
Origin: Variant of Robert (from Germanic)

Boy's name · #2122 in the US (2025) · Retro

62% boys · 38% girls — Robbie is also given to girls: 51 in 2025, about 38% in recent years. Robbie →

Popularity over time

Robbie's best rank, #259, came in 1963; it has stepped well back to #2122 today. Roughly 21,000 boys have been named Robbie since 1889.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#99 in Scotland (2025) · #124 in N. Ireland (2025) · #162 in Ireland (2025) · #570 in England & Wales (2025) · #868 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,440 in Canada (2024).

Famous Robbies

Robbie Williams — British pop singer (born 1974)
Robbie Coltrane — Scottish actor (1950–2022)
Robbie Keane — Irish association football player and manager
Robbie Fowler — English association football player and manager
Robbie Amell — Canadian-American actor and producer

In stories & tradition

Robbie Robertson — The Amazing Spider-Man (comics)
Robbie Rotten — LazyTown (TV series)
Robbie Baldwin — Marvel Comics

What Robbies become

Among 571 notable people named Robbie:

Sports figures appear 2.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Robbie Keane, Irish association football player and manager.

Similar names: Bobby · Kent · Roel · Toby · Clint · Lenny

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