Robertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Robertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 548 babies named Robertha between 1905 and 1982, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Robertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Robertha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Robertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Robertha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Robertha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 548 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.