Robert
Quick answers about Robert
How many people are named Robert?
An estimated 2.4 million living Americans are named Robert.
How rare is Robert?
Robert is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 3,772 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 95.9% from its 1947 peak.
How old is the typical Robert?
The median age of a living American named Robert is approximately 59 years, with most bearers falling between 43 and 70 years old.
Is Robert still popular?
No. Robert is endangered as a baby name, down 95.9% from its 1947 peak with 3,772 births in 2025.
Where is Robert most common?
Robert has its strongest geographic signal in District of Columbia, where it appears 2.7× more often than the national baseline.
Robert is most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 2.7× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Alaska.
States where Robert is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.