Meaning not yet researched.
Roberto: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 519 in 2025. Its best rank was #145 in 1980.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #145 in 1980; #570 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roberto in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#570 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1980, at #145.
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Roberto: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 519 boys in 2025. Peak: #145 in 1980 · most boys in one year: 2,117 (1991).
In 2025, 519 US boys were named Roberto, making it the 570th most common boys’ name of the year, down 17 places from #553 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 540 boys named Roberto in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #145, reached in 1980. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,117, in 1991. For comparison, it was #358 in 2015 and #270 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roberto in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1897 with 6 babies. In all, 113,477 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 20,180 babies named Roberto.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,476 US boys were named Roberto; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 893. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,291 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roberto ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #270 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Robert (4,869,849 babies since 1880), Bob (93,308 babies since 1880) and Rob (8,775 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ruberto are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rob.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ruberto (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 boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 148 | #270 | #161 |
| California | 123 | #303 | #217 |
| Arizona | 24 | #329 | #249 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #416 | #271 |
| Nevada | 7 | #433 | #327 |
| Illinois | 23 | #466 | #385 |
| Washington | 13 | #562 | #560 |
| Colorado | 10 | #565 | #410 |
| Indiana | 11 | #616 | #656 |
| Virginia | 12 | #619 | #717 |
| Florida | 26 | #644 | #317 |
| Kansas | 5 | #675 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #689 | #535 |
| Georgia | 14 | #702 | #516 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #759 | #652 |
| Maryland | 6 | #789 | #691 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #818 | #452 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #877 | #612 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,086 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,395 | #580 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,438 | #1,060 |
| New York | 6 | #1,714 | #480 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 519 | #570 |
| 2024 | — | — | 540 | #553 |
| 2023 | — | — | 560 | #527 |
| 2022 | — | — | 612 | #498 |
| 2021 | — | — | 581 | #507 |
| 2020 | — | — | 677 | #437 |
| 2019 | — | — | 634 | #470 |
| 2018 | — | — | 681 | #444 |
| 2017 | — | — | 779 | #406 |
| 2016 | — | — | 893 | #372 |
| 2015 | — | — | 927 | #358 |
| 2014 | — | — | 965 | #343 |
| 2013 | — | — | 954 | #339 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,074 | #309 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,131 | #295 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,272 | #273 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,417 | #248 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,580 | #233 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,455 | 1,748 | #219 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,429 | 1,730 | #216 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,878 | #204 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,875 | #202 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,522 | 1,873 | #200 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,995 | #188 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,183 | 1,955 | #190 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,635 | 1,957 | #187 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,148 | 1,960 | #177 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,113 | 1,960 | #172 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,586 | 1,944 | #175 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,317 | 1,919 | #175 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,949 | 2,004 | #165 |
| 1994 | 11 | #8,018 | 1,969 | #162 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,148 | 2,081 | #155 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,952 | 2,012 | #158 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,180 | 2,117 | #153 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,232 | 2,096 | #150 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,779 | 2,016 | #149 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,869 | 1,662 | #168 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,618 | 1,627 | #167 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,501 | 1,710 | #157 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,348 | 1,706 | #159 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,178 | 1,673 | #162 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,125 | 1,774 | #152 |
| 1982 | 8 | #8,035 | 1,846 | #150 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,178 | 1,927 | #147 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,814 | 1,881 | #145 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,796 | 1,660 | #155 |
| 1978 | 18 | #4,035 | 1,609 | #154 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,460 | 1,630 | #151 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,116 | 1,588 | #156 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,536 | 1,557 | #155 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,993 | 1,512 | #161 |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,123 | 1,439 | #166 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,251 | 1,405 | #176 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,458 | 1,392 | #183 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,197 | 1,363 | #196 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,973 | 1,329 | #196 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,420 | 1,211 | #195 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,551 | 1,145 | #202 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,902 | 1,104 | #210 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,129 | 1,061 | #224 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,655 | 1,058 | #230 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,442 | 1,048 | #232 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,405 | 1,020 | #243 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,724 | 948 | #255 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,114 | 946 | #258 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,390 | 895 | #267 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,701 | 931 | #255 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,829 | 819 | #263 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,857 | 747 | #266 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,657 | 745 | #252 |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,044 | 759 | #254 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,170 | 711 | #261 |
| 1952 | — | — | 691 | #261 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,943 | 654 | #262 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,903 | 597 | #270 |
| 1949 | — | — | 584 | #283 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,139 | 601 | #270 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,270 | 524 | #300 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,333 | 497 | #290 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,946 | 438 | #286 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,465 | 414 | #293 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,597 | 391 | #315 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,537 | 352 | #322 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,201 | 344 | #315 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,169 | 309 | #322 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,815 | 285 | #327 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,411 | 290 | #326 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,894 | 292 | #316 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,824 | 263 | #339 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,686 | 265 | #337 |
| 1934 | — | — | 281 | #324 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,657 | 244 | #346 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,973 | 267 | #337 |
| 1931 | — | — | 313 | #309 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,981 | 397 | #285 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,101 | 354 | #297 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,625 | 312 | #318 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,205 | 305 | #327 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,234 | 250 | #369 |
| 1925 | — | — | 249 | #380 |
| 1924 | — | — | 241 | #387 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,579 | 233 | #389 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,364 | 172 | #469 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,376 | 157 | #496 |
| 1920 | — | — | 148 | #496 |
| 1919 | — | — | 89 | #654 |
| 1918 | — | — | 95 | #631 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,495 | 79 | #678 |
| 1916 | — | — | 63 | #779 |
| 1915 | — | — | 59 | #789 |
| 1914 | — | — | 43 | #813 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #893 |
| 1912 | — | — | 41 | #666 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #888 |
| 1910 | — | — | 19 | #701 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #943 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #680 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #854 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,097 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #948 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #898 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,184 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,036 |
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).