Robin

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

Girl's name · #704 in the US (2025) · Comeback

52% girls · 48% boys — Robin is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Robin →

Popularity over time

Robin was #25 in 1962, slipped to #1518 by 2011, and has climbed back to #704 today. Roughly 292,000 girls have been named Robin since 1904.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#200 in Netherlands (2025) · #205 in Ireland (2025) · #240 in Scotland (2025) · #252 in England & Wales (2025) · #328 in N. Ireland (2025) · #381 in Belgium (2025) · #1,739 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,759 in Austria (2025) · #667 in Canada (2024).

Famous Robins

Robin Wright — American actress
Robin Tunney — American actress
Robin Hobb — American fiction writer (pseudonym) (born 1952)
Robin Morgan — American feminist writer
Robin Givens — American stage, television, and film actress

In stories & tradition

Robin — Detective Comics (comics)
Nico Robin — One Piece (manga)
Robin Scherbatsky — How I Met Your Mother (TV series)

What Robins become

Among 2,877 notable people named Robin:

Entertainers appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Robin Wright, American actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Robyn (#1441), Robin would rank around #549 with about 550 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Robin and Robyn.

Similar names: Robyn · Carla · Rowyn · Billie · Eileen · Carolyn

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