Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Robley as a surname developed from Roble.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 362
- 362 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1945
- 14 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 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1945. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 266 as a first name in 2020; 620 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.
Robley’s family of names
In English usage, Robley as a surname developed from the Spanish form Roble.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Robley
- Robley D. EvansUnited States Navy admiral (1846–1912)
- Robley C. WilliamsAmerican biophysicist (1908–1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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