Meaning not yet researched.
Roberta: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #64 in 1936.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #64 in 1936; #2,809 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roberta in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,809 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1936, at #64.
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Roberta: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 girls in 2025. Peak: #64 in 1936 · most girls in one year: 4,299 (1953).
In 2025, 61 US girls were named Roberta, making it the 2,809th most common girls’ name of the year, down 42 places from #2,767 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 62 girls named Roberta in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #64, reached in 1936. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,299, in 1953. For comparison, it was #2,840 in 2015 and #96 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roberta in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 34 babies with the name. In all, 172,330 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 38,203 babies named Roberta.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 573 US girls were named Roberta; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 65. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,349 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roberta ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #1,186 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Ruberta, Robertta and Oberta are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bert, Bertie, Birdie, Birtie, Bobbie and Robbie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English, Italian, Latvian, Polish and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ruberta (82), Robertta (77), Oberta (6), Roeberta (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5 | #1,186 | #1,066 |
| Texas | 22 | #1,217 | #1,694 |
| California | 6 | #3,034 | #3,316 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,809 | — | — |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,767 | — | — |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,729 | — | — |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,680 | — | — |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,331 | — | — |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,668 | — | — |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,885 | — | — |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,899 | — | — |
| 2017 | 55 | #3,009 | — | — |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,822 | — | — |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,840 | — | — |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,678 | — | — |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,689 | — | — |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,999 | — | — |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,901 | — | — |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,561 | — | — |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,085 | — | — |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,841 | — | — |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,022 | — | — |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,721 | — | — |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,999 | — | — |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,317 | — | — |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,455 | — | — |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,490 | — | — |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,282 | — | — |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,368 | — | — |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,048 | — | — |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,798 | — | — |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,649 | — | — |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,502 | — | — |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,481 | — | — |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,387 | — | — |
| 1993 | 149 | #1,177 | — | — |
| 1992 | 164 | #1,098 | — | — |
| 1991 | 190 | #989 | — | — |
| 1990 | 202 | #942 | 9 | #5,720 |
| 1989 | 232 | #820 | — | — |
| 1988 | 209 | #857 | 7 | #6,291 |
| 1987 | 261 | #700 | — | — |
| 1986 | 284 | #649 | 6 | #6,558 |
| 1985 | 290 | #642 | 7 | #5,637 |
| 1984 | 315 | #581 | 8 | #4,876 |
| 1983 | 335 | #552 | 5 | #7,096 |
| 1982 | 412 | #495 | 9 | #4,510 |
| 1981 | 462 | #464 | 7 | #5,368 |
| 1980 | 481 | #444 | 11 | #3,794 |
| 1979 | 494 | #423 | 5 | #6,864 |
| 1978 | 529 | #393 | — | — |
| 1977 | 575 | #373 | — | — |
| 1976 | 617 | #347 | 7 | #4,815 |
| 1975 | 670 | #332 | 7 | #4,682 |
| 1974 | 820 | #292 | 7 | #4,535 |
| 1973 | 867 | #282 | 8 | #3,980 |
| 1972 | 978 | #270 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,169 | #253 | 8 | #3,890 |
| 1970 | 1,375 | #228 | 16 | #2,380 |
| 1969 | 1,506 | #207 | 11 | #2,828 |
| 1968 | 1,492 | #206 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1967 | 1,620 | #195 | 9 | #2,942 |
| 1966 | 1,819 | #180 | 11 | #2,596 |
| 1965 | 2,129 | #167 | 10 | #2,737 |
| 1964 | 2,277 | #172 | 8 | #3,235 |
| 1963 | 2,322 | #169 | 12 | #2,508 |
| 1962 | 2,532 | #159 | 9 | #3,003 |
| 1961 | 2,561 | #162 | 10 | #2,865 |
| 1960 | 2,843 | #149 | 10 | #2,835 |
| 1959 | 3,079 | #142 | 7 | #3,539 |
| 1958 | 3,302 | #133 | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1957 | 3,707 | #121 | 13 | #2,357 |
| 1956 | 3,866 | #116 | 10 | #2,760 |
| 1955 | 3,783 | #113 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1954 | 4,043 | #102 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1953 | 4,299 | #90 | 11 | #2,503 |
| 1952 | 4,228 | #88 | 8 | #3,058 |
| 1951 | 3,979 | #92 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1950 | 3,630 | #96 | 13 | #2,182 |
| 1949 | 3,660 | #97 | 6 | #3,627 |
| 1948 | 3,667 | #101 | 9 | #2,755 |
| 1947 | 4,261 | #90 | 13 | #2,233 |
| 1946 | 4,016 | #86 | 15 | #1,936 |
| 1945 | 3,602 | #75 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 3,744 | #70 | 15 | #1,870 |
| 1943 | 4,169 | #66 | 22 | #1,518 |
| 1942 | 4,105 | #66 | 19 | #1,671 |
| 1941 | 3,396 | #72 | 18 | #1,677 |
| 1940 | 3,431 | #71 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1939 | 3,409 | #71 | 16 | #1,780 |
| 1938 | 3,547 | #73 | 16 | #1,802 |
| 1937 | 3,568 | #66 | 18 | #1,676 |
| 1936 | 3,467 | #64 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1935 | 3,180 | #77 | 21 | #1,532 |
| 1934 | 2,371 | #104 | 15 | #1,914 |
| 1933 | 2,039 | #112 | 12 | #2,192 |
| 1932 | 2,243 | #109 | 13 | #2,171 |
| 1931 | 1,955 | #121 | 10 | #2,613 |
| 1930 | 1,952 | #125 | 9 | #2,971 |
| 1929 | 1,971 | #126 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1928 | 1,923 | #127 | 13 | #2,367 |
| 1927 | 2,232 | #122 | 12 | #2,500 |
| 1926 | 1,877 | #135 | 12 | #2,537 |
| 1925 | 1,759 | #147 | 12 | #2,558 |
| 1924 | 1,772 | #147 | 12 | #2,599 |
| 1923 | 1,658 | #152 | 5 | #4,776 |
| 1922 | 1,659 | #150 | 9 | #3,202 |
| 1921 | 1,732 | #148 | 10 | #2,948 |
| 1920 | 1,636 | #144 | 7 | #3,756 |
| 1919 | 1,552 | #144 | 9 | #3,077 |
| 1918 | 1,680 | #142 | 6 | #4,084 |
| 1917 | 1,426 | #149 | 7 | #3,484 |
| 1916 | 1,313 | #155 | 6 | #3,810 |
| 1915 | 1,156 | #161 | 5 | #4,293 |
| 1914 | 921 | #158 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 1913 | 755 | #155 | — | — |
| 1912 | 693 | #157 | — | — |
| 1911 | 441 | #171 | — | — |
| 1910 | 433 | #164 | — | — |
| 1909 | 353 | #171 | — | — |
| 1908 | 296 | #190 | — | — |
| 1907 | 291 | #188 | — | — |
| 1906 | 233 | #202 | — | — |
| 1905 | 243 | #196 | — | — |
| 1904 | 211 | #209 | — | — |
| 1903 | 205 | #206 | — | — |
| 1902 | 176 | #227 | — | — |
| 1901 | 165 | #223 | — | — |
| 1900 | 199 | #225 | — | — |
| 1899 | 140 | #234 | — | — |
| 1898 | 144 | #247 | — | — |
| 1897 | 130 | #250 | — | — |
| 1896 | 113 | #271 | — | — |
| 1895 | 130 | #242 | — | — |
| 1894 | 116 | #255 | — | — |
| 1893 | 82 | #304 | — | — |
| 1892 | 86 | #293 | — | — |
| 1891 | 88 | #262 | — | — |
| 1890 | 91 | #264 | — | — |
| 1889 | 73 | #280 | — | — |
| 1888 | 74 | #269 | — | — |
| 1887 | 64 | #265 | — | — |
| 1886 | 72 | #243 | — | — |
| 1885 | 45 | #302 | — | — |
| 1884 | 55 | #265 | — | — |
| 1883 | 48 | #264 | — | — |
| 1882 | 35 | #299 | — | — |
| 1881 | 41 | #250 | — | — |
| 1880 | 34 | #270 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).