Robbie
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Robbie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Scottish diminutive of ROBB; first attested Beatrix Robbie, Issobell Robie or Robye 1597 Black (Aberdeen).
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 5.4K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 6.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Robbie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 468 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈190,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Scottish diminutive of ROBB; first attested Beatrix Robbie, Issobell Robie or Robye 1597 Black (Aberdeen)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Robbie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Robbie | 26 |
| US United States | #844 | 27,045 | 1 in 12K | 16K | Robbie | 468 |
| GB United Kingdom | #636 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | 53 | Robbie | 256 |
| CA Canada | #872 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | 4 | Robbie | 186 |
| AU Australia | #771 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | 3 | Robbie | 185 |
| IE Ireland | #287 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Robbie | 92 |
| NZ New Zealand | #422 | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | 11 | Robbie | 91 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 566as Robi | 1 in 3.7K | 566 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Robbie is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly popular in Scotland.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Pet form of pRobert.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robbie Robertsonb. 1943CACanadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)
- Robbie Ristb. 1964USAmerican actor
- Robbie Williamsb. 1974GBBritish singer (born 1974)
- Robbie Savageb. 1974GBWelsh association football player (born 1974)
- Robbie Fowlerb. 1975GBEnglish association football player and manager
- Robbie Jonesb. 1977USAmerican actor
- Robbie Keaneb. 1980IEIrish association football player and manager
- Robbie Neilsonb. 1980GBScottish association football player and manager (born 1980)
- Robbie Daymondb. 1982USAmerican voice actor
- Robbie Kayb. 1995GBBritish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 56 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 363 | #53,420 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 361 | #60,295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 350 | #58,042 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Robbie a male or female name?
- Robbie is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Robbie mean, and where does it come from?
- Scottish diminutive of ROBB; first attested Beatrix Robbie, Issobell Robie or Robye 1597 Black (Aberdeen) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name Robbie?
- In the etymology graph, Robin, Bob and Robyn are forms of the same name in other languages; Bobby and Bobbie are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Robbie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 186 thousand people named Robbie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled robbie.
- How common is the name Robbie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 27,045 people named Robbie in 2020, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Robbie compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Robbie is the 287th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/robbieThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Robbie” — the 287th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.