Meaning and history
Short form of Robert, Bob arose later than Dob, Hob, and Nob, the medieval rhyming nicknames of Robert. It is borne by Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843), and by notable figures such as American folk musician Bob Dylan (1941–) and Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945–1981).
20062006: 12 births, rank #6,460
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 23 births, rank #4,267
2009: 22 births, rank #4,429
2010: 10 births, rank #7,591
20112011: 14 births, rank #5,945
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 19 births, rank #4,804
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: 14 births, rank #5,999
20162016: 13 births, rank #6,349
2017: 18 births, rank #5,111
2018: 18 births, rank #5,106
2019: 14 births, rank #6,104
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 5 births, rank #12,330
2023: 9 births, rank #8,255
2024: 7 births, rank #9,894
20252025: 7 births, rank #9,714
Bob moved from #933 to #936 for boys between 1982 and 1983. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 2,826 births.