Robinette
Feminine
Robinette puts a French ending on a name that is itself a diminutive, so the name is small twice over. The bird it shares a syllable with is not one bird but two, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, connected only by a color.
How old is the name Robinette?
Robinette first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Robinette alive today was born around 1962, making them about 63 years old. About 600 people named Robinette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Robinette most popular?
Robinette peaked in 1956, reaching #1931 nationally. See the whole 1956 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Robinette
The English robin is a small round bird of hedgerows, tame enough to follow a gardener, and it has been affectionately named in English for centuries. When settlers reached North America they found a much larger thrush with a red front and called it a robin too, because it was the nearest thing to home. The two are not closely related. The same thing happened repeatedly: the American blackbird, the American badger and the American elk are all different animals wearing borrowed names, applied by people who were homesick and in a hurry. Naturalists have been trying to untangle it ever since, and the common names have not budged.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Robin began as a French pet form of Robert and became a name in its own right. Whether this spelling is a genuine French diminutive, an American build, or a surname moved forward is not recorded.
Pronouncing Robinette
rob-ih-NET
Three syllables with the weight on the last, as the French ending requires. ROB-ih-net is also heard from American speakers.
Nicknames for Robinette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most girls named
- 196333 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1931reached in 1956
- Change vs 1988
- 0.0%7 in 1990, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Robinettes among us
people named Robinette are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Robinette sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Robin and Nettie are both available as short forms and both are established names.
- It is read correctly at first sight by nearly everybody.
- It carries a French shape without containing any sound English lacks.
- Two stress patterns are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- It reads as a name of an older American generation, which is either the appeal or the obstacle.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing settled behind it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Robinettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Robinette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Robinette in 2025?
- Robinette is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Robinette with classmates?
- Robinette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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