Robert is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “bright fame.” In 2024 it was given to 3,785 boys in the United States.
Robert belongs to the Scandinavian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “bright fame” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Robert first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1 in 1924, and in 2024 3,785 babies received the name — 4,845,891 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Robert means “bright fame” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Robert is a boy name. In 2024, 3,785 babies received the name in the US.
Robert comes from the Scandinavian and English & American tradition.
Robert first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #1 in 1924, and 3,785 babies were given the name in 2024.
Robert is pronounced /ˈɹɑ.bɚt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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