Robyn

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

Girl's name · #1441 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Robyn — on the books since 1921, #1441 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 63,000 girls share it.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#19 in Ireland (2025) · #44 in Scotland (2025) · #61 in N. Ireland (2025) · #76 in England & Wales (2025) · #991 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,760 in Austria (2025) · #792 in Canada (2024).

Famous Robyns

Robyn — Swedish singer (born 1979)
Robyn Lively — American actress (born 1972)
Robyn Gayle — Canadian soccer player
Robyn Maher — Australian basketball player
Robyn Grey-Gardner — Australian rower

In stories & tradition

Robyn O'Neil — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comics)

What Robyns become

Among 340 notable people named Robyn:

Sports figures appear 1.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Robyn Gayle, Canadian soccer player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Robin (#704), Robyn would rank around #549 with about 550 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Robin and Robyn.

Similar names: Robin · Bobbi · Rosanna · Cori · Eileen · Rosalind

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