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Baby name
Bob
Boy
Origin of the name
Bob is a pet form of Robert.
Classic name
92,986births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 128rank at its peak, in 1959
Where babies named Bob are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bob is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bob is most common in Wyoming (3.3 times), Oklahoma (3.3) and Montana (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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