Robson
Meaning
English surname, "son of Rob"; rare as a first name in England, but Brazil adopted it wholesale in the 1970s and 80s
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Robson has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
222,634 people · the #144 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 912 · median age 36
Among people named Robson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 1,210 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Robson in official records · Spain
Spain
138 residents · #6,366 among men · mean age 41.9
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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