Roberto
Roberto was given to 519 boys in 2025, #570 among boys’ names; 113,477 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 97,000 Americans named Roberto and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 23 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roberto by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Roberto mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Roberto is “a male given name from Proto-Germanic, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert”
From Latin Robertus, from Frankish *Hrodebert, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.
/roˈbɛr.to/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Roberto?
#570 among boys’ names, 2025
Roberto fell from #358 in 2015 to #570 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.48 to 0.30 per 1,000.
2,132 babies in 1991, the peak
Roberto peaked in 1991, when 2,132 babies were given it (2,117 boys, #153 among boys’ names). The 519 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 519 | #570 | 0.30 |
| 2024 | 540 | #553 | 0.31 |
| 2023 | 560 | #527 | 0.33 |
| 2022 | 612 | #498 | 0.35 |
| 2021 | 581 | #507 | 0.33 |
| 2020 | 677 | #437 | 0.39 |
| 2019 | 634 | #470 | 0.35 |
| 2018 | 681 | #444 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 779 | #406 | 0.42 |
| 2016 | 893 | #372 | 0.47 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 927 | #358 | 0.48 |
| 2014 | 965 | #343 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | 954 | #339 | 0.50 |
| 2012 | 1,074 | #309 | 0.57 |
| 2011 | 1,131 | #295 | 0.60 |
| 2010 | 1,272 | #273 | 0.66 |
| 2009 | 1,417 | #248 | 0.71 |
| 2008 | 1,580 | #233 | 0.77 |
| 2007 | 1,748 | #219 | 0.84 |
| 2006 | 1,730 | #216 | 0.84 |
| 2005 | 1,878 | #204 | 0.94 |
| 2004 | 1,875 | #202 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 1,873 | #200 | 0.95 |
| 2002 | 1,995 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 1,955 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,957 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,960 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 1,960 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,944 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,919 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | 2,004 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 1,969 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 2,081 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 2,012 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | 2,117 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 2,096 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1989 | 2,016 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,662 | #168 | 0.87 |
| 1987 | 1,627 | #167 | 0.87 |
| 1986 | 1,710 | #157 | 0.93 |
| 1985 | 1,706 | #159 | 0.92 |
| 1984 | 1,673 | #162 | 0.93 |
| 1983 | 1,774 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,846 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1,927 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,881 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 1,660 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 1,609 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | 1,630 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,588 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,557 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,512 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,439 | #166 | 0.92 |
| 1972 | 1,405 | #176 | 0.87 |
| 1971 | 1,392 | #183 | 0.79 |
| 1970 | 1,363 | #196 | 0.73 |
| 1969 | 1,329 | #196 | 0.74 |
| 1968 | 1,211 | #195 | 0.70 |
| 1967 | 1,145 | #202 | 0.66 |
| 1966 | 1,104 | #210 | 0.62 |
| 1965 | 1,061 | #224 | 0.57 |
| 1964 | 1,058 | #230 | 0.53 |
| 1963 | 1,048 | #232 | 0.52 |
| 1962 | 1,020 | #243 | 0.49 |
| 1961 | 948 | #255 | 0.45 |
| 1960 | 946 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1959 | 895 | #267 | 0.42 |
| 1958 | 931 | #255 | 0.44 |
| 1957 | 819 | #263 | 0.38 |
| 1956 | 747 | #266 | 0.35 |
| 1955 | 745 | #252 | 0.36 |
| 1954 | 759 | #254 | 0.37 |
| 1953 | 711 | #261 | 0.36 |
| 1952 | 691 | #261 | 0.36 |
| 1951 | 654 | #262 | 0.35 |
| 1950 | 597 | #270 | 0.33 |
| 1949 | 584 | #283 | 0.33 |
| 1948 | 601 | #270 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 524 | #300 | 0.29 |
| 1946 | 497 | #290 | 0.31 |
| 1945 | 438 | #286 | 0.33 |
| 1944 | 414 | #293 | 0.30 |
| 1943 | 391 | #315 | 0.27 |
| 1942 | 352 | #322 | 0.25 |
| 1941 | 344 | #315 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 309 | #322 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 285 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 290 | #326 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 292 | #316 | 0.27 |
| 1936 | 263 | #339 | 0.25 |
| 1935 | 265 | #337 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 281 | #324 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 244 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1932 | 267 | #337 | 0.26 |
| 1931 | 313 | #309 | 0.30 |
| 1930 | 397 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1929 | 354 | #297 | 0.33 |
| 1928 | 312 | #318 | 0.28 |
| 1927 | 305 | #327 | 0.27 |
| 1926 | 250 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1925 | 249 | #380 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 241 | #387 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 233 | #389 | 0.21 |
| 1922 | 172 | #469 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 157 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 148 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 89 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 95 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 79 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 63 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 59 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 43 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 31 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 41 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 15 | #887 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 19 | #701 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 11 | #943 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 16 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 11 | #853 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,096 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 8 | #948 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 8 | #898 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,183 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Roberto a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Roberto has been given almost only to boys: 834 girls in 124 years of records.
Girls and boys named Roberto: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roberto, and how old are they?
97,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 113,477 Americans ever recorded as Roberto. The median Roberto alive today is 36 years old; half are between 23 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 172,377 people named Roberto (415 women and girls, 171,962 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 97,231 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,240 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 20,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 28,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 26,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,250 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Roberto born?
The states with the most babies named Roberto are Texas, California and Florida, with 62% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 148 | #270 | 3.9× |
| California | 123 | #303 | 2.4× |
| Florida | 26 | #644 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 24 | #329 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 23 | #466 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 14 | #702 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 13 | #562 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #759 | 0.3× |
| Virginia | 12 | #619 | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 11 | #616 | 0.2× |
Where Roberto is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Roberto is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Roberto with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Roberto
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Roberto and names like it
- Compare Roberto and ErnestoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRoberto peaked in 1991.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roberto since 1910.
- The top names of 1991The year the most babies were named Roberto.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Roberto alive today were born 1981-1996.
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