Given name & surname
Robson
Robson is a given name. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Robson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Rob.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 124 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 805 as a first name in 2020; 7,817 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.
Robson’s family of names
In English usage, Robson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Rob. Robson has a related form in Robin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Robson
- RobinhoBrazilian former association football player (born 1984)
- Robson PonteBrazilian association football playerborn 1976
- Robson CaetanoBrazilian Olympic sprinterborn 1964
- Robson GreenBritish actor and musicianborn 1964
- Robson ConceiçãoBrazilian boxerborn 1988
- Robson BambuBrazilian association football playerborn 1997
- Robson MatheusBolivian association football playerborn 2002
- RobsonBrazilian association football player born 1991
- RobsonBrazilian footballerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.