Roberts — boys' name

What the Data Says About Roberts

The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Roberts between 1913 and 1999, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roberts currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roberts performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Roberts shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Roberts in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roberts 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 422 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.