The baby name Bob appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2009. It was most popular in 1959 with 3,309 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Bob has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 98 |
| 1911 | 61 |
| 1912 | 95 |
| 1913 | 125 |
| 1914 | 178 |
| 1915 | 284 |
| 1916 | 338 |
| 1917 | 428 |
| 1918 | 571 |
| 1919 | 644 |
| 1920 | 872 |
| 1921 | 984 |
| 1922 | 965 |
| 1923 | 1,088 |
| 1924 | 1,445 |
| 1925 | 1,671 |
| 1926 | 2,230 |
| 1927 | 2,402 |
| 1928 | 2,597 |
| 1929 | 2,660 |
| 1930 | 2,803 |
| 1931 | 2,888 |
| 1932 | 3,036 |
| 1933 | 2,835 |
| 1934 | 2,945 |
| 1935 | 2,994 |
| 1936 | 3,071 |
| 1937 | 3,042 |
| 1938 | 2,601 |
| 1939 | 2,524 |
| 1940 | 2,492 |
| 1941 | 2,566 |
| 1942 | 2,587 |
| 1943 | 2,666 |
| 1944 | 2,526 |
| 1945 | 2,339 |
| 1946 | 2,549 |
| 1947 | 2,887 |
| 1948 | 2,279 |
| 1949 | 1,655 |
| 1950 | 1,142 |
| 1951 | 880 |
| 1952 | 832 |
| 1953 | 852 |
| 1954 | 702 |
| 1955 | 1,013 |
| 1956 | 1,162 |
| 1957 | 2,026 |
| 1958 | 3,051 |
| 1959 | 3,309 |
| 1960 | 3,225 |
| 1961 | 2,806 |
| 1962 | 2,463 |
| 1963 | 2,186 |
| 1964 | 1,704 |
| 1965 | 1,213 |
| 1966 | 747 |
| 1967 | 569 |
| 1968 | 519 |
| 1969 | 455 |
| 1970 | 392 |
| 1971 | 302 |
| 1972 | 189 |
| 1973 | 147 |
| 1974 | 121 |
| 1975 | 101 |
| 1976 | 65 |
| 1977 | 56 |
| 1978 | 34 |
| 1979 | 38 |
| 1980 | 27 |
| 1981 | 50 |
| 1982 | 48 |
| 1983 | 22 |
| 1984 | 16 |
| 1985 | 48 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1990 | 16 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 |