Roberto — #553 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Roberto

The Social Security Administration has registered 112,117 babies named Roberto between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roberto currently holds the #553 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 2,118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roberto performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20,063 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Roberto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35,572 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Roberto in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roberto 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 112,117 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.