Roberta is a familiar variant of Robert that peaked in 1953 and has since faded.
Roberta is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,809 for girl births in the United States (and #4,946 across all names), given to 61 babies. Roberta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1953 (4,299 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | #2,809 | — |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | #2,767 | — |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | #2,729 | — |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | #2,680 | — |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | #3,331 | — |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #3,668 | — |
| 2019 | 58 | 58 | #2,885 | — |
| 2018 | 58 | 58 | #2,899 | — |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | #3,009 | — |
| 2016 | 61 | 61 | #2,822 | — |
| 2015 | 62 | 62 | #2,840 | — |
| 2014 | 66 | 66 | #2,678 | — |
| 2013 | 42 | 42 | #3,689 | — |
| 2012 | 57 | 57 | #2,999 | — |
| 2011 | 60 | 60 | #2,901 | — |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #3,561 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #4,085 | — |
| 2008 | 42 | 42 | #3,841 | — |
| 2007 | 59 | 59 | #3,022 | — |
| 2006 | 66 | 66 | #2,721 | — |
| 2005 | 54 | 54 | #2,999 | — |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | #3,317 | — |
| 2003 | 42 | 42 | #3,455 | — |
| 2002 | 64 | 64 | #2,490 | — |
| 2001 | 71 | 71 | #2,282 | — |
| 2000 | 66 | 66 | #2,368 | — |
| 1999 | 76 | 76 | #2,048 | — |
| 1998 | 87 | 87 | #1,798 | — |
| 1997 | 96 | — | #1,649 | — |
| 1996 | 108 | — | #1,502 | — |
| 1995 | 108 | — | #1,481 | — |
| 1994 | 119 | — | #1,387 | — |
| 1993 | 149 | — | #1,177 | — |
| 1992 | 164 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1991 | 190 | — | #989 | — |
| 1990 | 211 | — | #942 | #5,720 |
| 1989 | 232 | — | #820 | — |
| 1988 | 216 | — | #857 | #6,291 |
| 1987 | 261 | — | #700 | — |
| 1986 | 290 | — | #649 | #6,558 |
| 1985 | 297 | — | #642 | #5,637 |
| 1984 | 323 | — | #581 | #4,876 |
| 1983 | 340 | — | #552 | #7,096 |
| 1982 | 421 | — | #495 | #4,510 |
| 1981 | 469 | — | #464 | #5,368 |
| 1980 | 492 | — | #444 | #3,794 |
| 1979 | 499 | — | #423 | #6,864 |
| 1978 | 529 | — | #393 | — |
| 1977 | 575 | — | #373 | — |
| 1976 | 624 | — | #347 | #4,815 |
| 1975 | 677 | — | #332 | #4,682 |
| 1974 | 827 | — | #292 | #4,535 |
| 1973 | 875 | — | #282 | #3,980 |
| 1972 | 978 | — | #270 | — |
| 1971 | 1,177 | — | #253 | #3,890 |
| 1970 | 1,391 | — | #228 | #2,380 |
| 1969 | 1,517 | — | #207 | #2,828 |
| 1968 | 1,500 | — | #206 | #3,313 |
| 1967 | 1,629 | — | #195 | #2,942 |
| 1966 | 1,830 | — | #180 | #2,596 |
| 1965 | 2,139 | — | #167 | #2,737 |
| 1964 | 2,285 | — | #172 | #3,235 |
| 1963 | 2,334 | — | #169 | #2,508 |
| 1962 | 2,541 | — | #159 | #3,003 |
| 1961 | 2,571 | — | #162 | #2,865 |
| 1960 | 2,853 | — | #149 | #2,835 |
| 1959 | 3,086 | — | #142 | #3,539 |
| 1958 | 3,319 | — | #133 | #2,005 |
| 1957 | 3,720 | — | #121 | #2,357 |
| 1956 | 3,876 | — | #116 | #2,760 |
| 1955 | 3,800 | — | #113 | #1,961 |
| 1954 | 4,052 | — | #102 | #2,911 |
| 1953 | 4,310 | — | #90 | #2,503 |
| 1952 | 4,236 | — | #88 | #3,058 |
| 1951 | 3,985 | — | #92 | #3,648 |
| 1950 | 3,643 | — | #96 | #2,182 |
| 1949 | 3,666 | — | #97 | #3,627 |
| 1948 | 3,676 | — | #101 | #2,755 |
| 1947 | 4,274 | — | #90 | #2,233 |
| 1946 | 4,031 | — | #86 | #1,936 |
| 1945 | 3,620 | — | #75 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 3,759 | — | #70 | #1,870 |
| 1943 | 4,191 | — | #66 | #1,518 |
| 1942 | 4,124 | — | #66 | #1,671 |
| 1941 | 3,414 | — | #72 | #1,677 |
| 1940 | 3,448 | — | #71 | #1,730 |
| 1939 | 3,425 | — | #71 | #1,780 |
| 1938 | 3,563 | — | #73 | #1,802 |
| 1937 | 3,586 | — | #66 | #1,676 |
| 1936 | 3,487 | — | #64 | #1,532 |
| 1935 | 3,201 | — | #77 | #1,532 |
| 1934 | 2,386 | — | #104 | #1,914 |
| 1933 | 2,051 | — | #112 | #2,192 |
| 1932 | 2,256 | — | #109 | #2,171 |
| 1931 | 1,965 | — | #121 | #2,613 |
| 1930 | 1,961 | — | #125 | #2,971 |
| 1929 | 1,985 | — | #126 | #2,176 |
| 1928 | 1,936 | — | #127 | #2,367 |
| 1927 | 2,244 | — | #122 | #2,500 |
| 1926 | 1,889 | — | #135 | #2,537 |
| 1925 | 1,771 | — | #147 | #2,558 |
| 1924 | 1,784 | — | #147 | #2,599 |
| 1923 | 1,663 | — | #152 | #4,776 |
| 1922 | 1,668 | — | #150 | #3,202 |
| 1921 | 1,742 | — | #148 | #2,948 |
| 1920 | 1,643 | — | #144 | #3,756 |
| 1919 | 1,561 | — | #144 | #3,077 |
| 1918 | 1,686 | — | #142 | #4,084 |
| 1917 | 1,433 | — | #149 | #3,484 |
| 1916 | 1,319 | — | #155 | #3,810 |
| 1915 | 1,161 | — | #161 | #4,293 |
| 1914 | 926 | — | #158 | #3,655 |
| 1913 | 755 | — | #155 | — |
| 1912 | 693 | — | #157 | — |
| 1911 | 441 | — | #171 | — |
| 1910 | 433 | — | #164 | — |
| 1909 | 353 | — | #171 | — |
| 1908 | 296 | — | #190 | — |
| 1907 | 291 | — | #188 | — |
| 1906 | 233 | — | #202 | — |
| 1905 | 243 | — | #196 | — |
| 1904 | 211 | — | #209 | — |
| 1903 | 205 | — | #206 | — |
| 1902 | 176 | — | #227 | — |
| 1901 | 165 | — | #223 | — |
| 1900 | 199 | — | #225 | — |
| 1899 | 140 | — | #234 | — |
| 1898 | 144 | — | #247 | — |
| 1897 | 130 | — | #250 | — |
| 1896 | 113 | — | #271 | — |
| 1895 | 130 | — | #242 | — |
| 1894 | 116 | — | #255 | — |
| 1893 | 82 | — | #304 | — |
| 1892 | 86 | — | #293 | — |
| 1891 | 88 | — | #262 | — |
| 1890 | 91 | — | #264 | — |
| 1889 | 73 | — | #280 | — |
| 1888 | 74 | — | #269 | — |
| 1887 | 64 | — | #265 | — |
| 1886 | 72 | — | #243 | — |
| 1885 | 45 | — | #302 | — |
| 1884 | 55 | — | #265 | — |
| 1883 | 48 | — | #264 | — |
| 1882 | 35 | — | #299 | — |
| 1881 | 41 | — | #250 | — |
| 1880 | 34 | — | #270 | — |