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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: new

RobinIn Hebrew: רובין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Robin (Hebrew: רובין) is a unisex name of international origin. 931 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys and ranked #809. Its peak year was 1954, with 36 babies.

People in Israel
931
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
6
rank #809
Peak year
1954
36 babies
USA, 2025
382
rank #703

Writing and saying Robin

In Hebrew letters the name is רובין, read right to left. Robin is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Robin by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Robin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Robin in English-speaking countries

Robin in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025382#7031956 (2,247)
United Kingdom2025529#1102025 (529)
England and Wales2025485#1092025 (485)
Scotland202534#1321974 (70)
Northern Ireland202510#1992014 (13)
Ireland202528#1752021 (32)
British Columbia202315#2321957 (63)
Alberta20258#5501982 (38)
Quebec2025182#322025 (182)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Robin has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Robin

How do you write Robin in Hebrew?

Robin is written רובין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Robin?

931 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רובין: 393 women and 538 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Robin a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 42% of the people named רובין are women and 58% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Robin used outside Israel?

The name Robin appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 382 boys were given it in 2025 (#703), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 529 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.