Unisex name
Robin
8,338 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 4.
Origin
(masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.From Wiktionary, entry “Robin”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2025: 671 births. 8,338 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (20%) as well as boys (80%). It is still given: 3,004 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1961: 17,505 births. 338,913 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 25th among girls' names in 1962. It is given to girls (86%) as well as boys (14%). It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 3,318 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2018: 62 births. 1,326 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (39%) as well as boys (61%). It really came into use around 1977. It is still given: 278 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 59,650 | 1900–2025 | 35th in 2018 |
| Switzerland | 9,778* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 3,007 | 1984–2025 | 67th in 2005 |
| Quebec | 2,160 | 1980–2025 | 32nd in 2025 |
| Belgium | 1,230 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 561 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
9 + 6 + 2 + 9 + 5 = 31 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
6 + 9 = 15 → 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 2 + 5 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.