Boy
Bob
Bob is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1930s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyDiminutive of Robert
EtymologyMeaning "bright fame"
Births by decade
1900s
681
1910s
2,700
1920s
13,765
1930s
23,397
1940s
21,427
1950s
12,938
1960s
13,819
1970s
1,989
1980s
750
1990s
367
2000s
183
2010s
102
Peaked in the 1930s · 92,118 total U.S. births since 1900