Given name & surname · also Germanic
Robyn
Robyn is a unisex given name from Germanic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Robyn is a form of Robin. Robin comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64,604
- 1,240 boys · 63,364 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 1,907 babies
- 2025
- 159
- #1,441 for girls · #8,777 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 150 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,441 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,882 in 1964. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 58,115 as a first name in 2020; 250 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: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Robyn
- RihannaBarbadian singer (born 1988)
- RobynSwedish singer (born 1979)
- Robyn RegehrCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1980
- Robyn LivelyAmerican actress (born 1972)
- Robyn MillerAmerican video game designer, composer, director and actorborn 1966
- Robyn GayleCanadian soccer playerborn 1985
- Robyn MaherAustralian basketball player (born 1959)
- Robyn HitchcockBritish musicianborn 1953
- Robyn Grey-GardnerAustralian rowerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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