Given name & surname
Robie
“one who is bright with fame”
Robie is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Robie is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,818
- 1,176 boys · 642 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,031 as a first name in 2020; 1,267 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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