Bobby is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Bobby one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Bobby is a diminutive of Robert or Roberta and thus a unisex name.
Bobby means “bright fame” and “shining glory” (from Old High German “hruod” = fame/praise/glory + “beraht” = bright).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Bobby is currently ranked #1690 on the name leaderboard.
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
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🇦🇺 Australia | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
🇬🇧 Great Britain | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
🇮🇪 Ireland | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
🇺🇸 USA | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
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