Bob appears in U.S. registration data going all the way back to 1880, when records begin. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1959, 2,826 babies received the name (ranked #128). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #7386), with roughly 12 babies named Bob each year. Bob has been declining in recent years. In total, around 93,300 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.