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Baby name
Robert
Boy
Origin of the name
Robert comes from the Old High German Hrodperht, made of hrōd, “glory,” and berht, “bright”: “bright with glory.” The Normans made it common in England after 1066.
Classic name
4,849,730births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Robert are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Robert is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Robert is most common in Rhode Island (1.6 times), Massachusetts (1.5) and Vermont (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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