Roberto is a familiar variant of Robert that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Roberto is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #570 for boy births in the United States (and #1,141 across all names), given to 519 babies — 529 including U.S. territories. Roberto first appears in 1897 and peaked in 1991 (2,117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 519 | 529 | — | #570 |
| 2024 | 540 | 549 | — | #553 |
| 2023 | 560 | 560 | — | #527 |
| 2022 | 612 | 617 | — | #498 |
| 2021 | 581 | 587 | — | #507 |
| 2020 | 677 | 688 | — | #437 |
| 2019 | 634 | 641 | — | #470 |
| 2018 | 681 | 693 | — | #444 |
| 2017 | 779 | 789 | — | #406 |
| 2016 | 893 | 910 | — | #372 |
| 2015 | 927 | 947 | — | #358 |
| 2014 | 965 | 986 | — | #343 |
| 2013 | 954 | 980 | — | #339 |
| 2012 | 1,074 | 1,111 | — | #309 |
| 2011 | 1,131 | 1,172 | — | #295 |
| 2010 | 1,272 | 1,314 | — | #273 |
| 2009 | 1,417 | 1,460 | — | #248 |
| 2008 | 1,580 | 1,636 | — | #233 |
| 2007 | 1,757 | 1,819 | #12,455 | #219 |
| 2006 | 1,735 | 1,805 | #19,429 | #216 |
| 2005 | 1,878 | 1,967 | — | #204 |
| 2004 | 1,875 | 1,964 | — | #202 |
| 2003 | 1,880 | 1,957 | #13,522 | #200 |
| 2002 | 1,995 | 2,086 | — | #188 |
| 2001 | 1,962 | 2,091 | #13,183 | #190 |
| 2000 | 1,963 | 2,087 | #14,635 | #187 |
| 1999 | 1,968 | 2,115 | #11,148 | #177 |
| 1998 | 1,967 | 2,118 | #12,113 | #172 |
| 1997 | 1,952 | — | #10,586 | #175 |
| 1996 | 1,927 | — | #10,317 | #175 |
| 1995 | 2,015 | — | #7,949 | #165 |
| 1994 | 1,980 | — | #8,018 | #162 |
| 1993 | 2,100 | — | #5,148 | #155 |
| 1992 | 2,025 | — | #6,952 | #158 |
| 1991 | 2,132 | — | #6,180 | #153 |
| 1990 | 2,114 | — | #5,232 | #150 |
| 1989 | 2,031 | — | #5,779 | #149 |
| 1988 | 1,686 | — | #3,869 | #168 |
| 1987 | 1,645 | — | #4,618 | #167 |
| 1986 | 1,728 | — | #4,501 | #157 |
| 1985 | 1,717 | — | #6,348 | #159 |
| 1984 | 1,684 | — | #6,178 | #162 |
| 1983 | 1,785 | — | #6,125 | #152 |
| 1982 | 1,854 | — | #8,035 | #150 |
| 1981 | 1,941 | — | #5,178 | #147 |
| 1980 | 1,902 | — | #3,814 | #145 |
| 1979 | 1,675 | — | #4,796 | #155 |
| 1978 | 1,627 | — | #4,035 | #154 |
| 1977 | 1,652 | — | #3,460 | #151 |
| 1976 | 1,600 | — | #5,116 | #156 |
| 1975 | 1,571 | — | #4,536 | #155 |
| 1974 | 1,528 | — | #3,993 | #161 |
| 1973 | 1,450 | — | #5,123 | #166 |
| 1972 | 1,419 | — | #4,251 | #176 |
| 1971 | 1,400 | — | #6,458 | #183 |
| 1970 | 1,377 | — | #4,197 | #196 |
| 1969 | 1,339 | — | #4,973 | #196 |
| 1968 | 1,227 | — | #3,420 | #195 |
| 1967 | 1,155 | — | #4,551 | #202 |
| 1966 | 1,116 | — | #3,902 | #210 |
| 1965 | 1,078 | — | #3,129 | #224 |
| 1964 | 1,072 | — | #3,655 | #230 |
| 1963 | 1,054 | — | #6,442 | #232 |
| 1962 | 1,035 | — | #3,405 | #243 |
| 1961 | 955 | — | #5,724 | #255 |
| 1960 | 957 | — | #4,114 | #258 |
| 1959 | 909 | — | #3,390 | #267 |
| 1958 | 943 | — | #3,701 | #255 |
| 1957 | 827 | — | #4,829 | #263 |
| 1956 | 758 | — | #3,857 | #266 |
| 1955 | 753 | — | #4,657 | #252 |
| 1954 | 766 | — | #5,044 | #254 |
| 1953 | 720 | — | #4,170 | #261 |
| 1952 | 691 | — | — | #261 |
| 1951 | 663 | — | #3,943 | #262 |
| 1950 | 606 | — | #3,903 | #270 |
| 1949 | 584 | — | — | #283 |
| 1948 | 607 | — | #5,139 | #270 |
| 1947 | 532 | — | #4,270 | #300 |
| 1946 | 504 | — | #4,333 | #290 |
| 1945 | 445 | — | #3,946 | #286 |
| 1944 | 420 | — | #4,465 | #293 |
| 1943 | 397 | — | #4,597 | #315 |
| 1942 | 358 | — | #4,537 | #322 |
| 1941 | 353 | — | #3,201 | #315 |
| 1940 | 318 | — | #3,169 | #322 |
| 1939 | 290 | — | #4,815 | #327 |
| 1938 | 298 | — | #3,411 | #326 |
| 1937 | 302 | — | #2,894 | #316 |
| 1936 | 273 | — | #2,824 | #339 |
| 1935 | 272 | — | #3,686 | #337 |
| 1934 | 281 | — | — | #324 |
| 1933 | 255 | — | #2,657 | #346 |
| 1932 | 272 | — | #4,973 | #337 |
| 1931 | 313 | — | — | #309 |
| 1930 | 404 | — | #3,981 | #285 |
| 1929 | 364 | — | #3,101 | #297 |
| 1928 | 318 | — | #4,625 | #318 |
| 1927 | 312 | — | #4,205 | #327 |
| 1926 | 257 | — | #4,234 | #369 |
| 1925 | 249 | — | — | #380 |
| 1924 | 241 | — | — | #387 |
| 1923 | 238 | — | #5,579 | #389 |
| 1922 | 179 | — | #4,364 | #469 |
| 1921 | 164 | — | #4,376 | #496 |
| 1920 | 148 | — | — | #496 |
| 1919 | 89 | — | — | #654 |
| 1918 | 95 | — | — | #631 |
| 1917 | 85 | — | #4,495 | #678 |
| 1916 | 63 | — | — | #779 |
| 1915 | 59 | — | — | #789 |
| 1914 | 43 | — | — | #813 |
| 1913 | 31 | — | — | #893 |
| 1912 | 41 | — | — | #666 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | — | #888 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | — | #701 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #943 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | — | #680 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | — | #854 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #948 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #898 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,184 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #1,036 |