Robyn

What Robyn means

Form of Robert, meaning “shining glory”

variant of Robin || From Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht (normalised form: Ruodberht), from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiberht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Robyn” (revision 83830547) and “Robert” (revision 94543013), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Robyn?

US: Falling: down from #1047 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #84 in 2015, #76 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1974, when 1,596 girls got the name (#169 that year). First in the US records in 1921.

How common

• About 1 in 10,715 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 415 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 199 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CA (0.17 per 1,000 girls), TN (0.16 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.15 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Robyn is #1436 in the US and #76 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.3% of US babies named Robyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Robin400 US · 186 E&W
• Robynn8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Robyn

Girls

• Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
• Linda#902“tender, soft”^*
• Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
• Alison#476“of noble kind”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”^*

For a brother

• Albert#614“noble + bright, famous”^*
• Roger#832“fame-spear”^*
• Harry#775Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1918, with 9,896 babies; 329 in 2025
• Charles#48“free man”^*
• Dustin#728possibly “Thor s stone”^*
• Leonard#637“lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Robyn’s. Rank is US 2025.