Bobbie

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

Girl's name · #2067 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Bobbie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1934, when it ranked #110. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 89,000 girls since 1883, ranked #2067 today.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#247 in Netherlands (2025) · #521 in England & Wales (2025) · #654 in Scotland (2025) · #954 in Belgium (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #2,499 in Canada (2024).

Famous Bobbies

Bobbie Rosenfeld — Canadian athletics competitor (1904–1969)
Bobbie Gentry — American singer-songwriter
Bobbie Eakes — American actress
Bobbie Singer — Austrian singer
Bobbie Heine Miller — South African Tennis player (1909–2016)

In stories & tradition

Bobbie Jo Bradley — Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Bobbie Spencer — General Hospital (TV series)
Bobbie Draper — The Expanse (novel series)

What Bobbies become

Among 96 notable people named Bobbie:

Entertainers appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Bobbi (#1834), Bobbie would rank around #1160 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 54/46 between Bobbi and Bobbie.

Similar names: Bobbi · Yvonne · Bowie · Toby · Shirley · Ronnie

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