Roberto
Roberto is ranked 553rd among boys in 2024 (538 births). Its best rank was 145th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- #553down 26 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5380.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 19912,118 births
- Best rank
- #145in 1980
- Since 1897
- 112,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
112,117 boys have been named Roberto in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 2,118 births — 0.10% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 343 → 553).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1990s alone account for 18%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Roberto | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 66 | |
| 1910s | 534 | |
| 1920s | 2,421 | |
| 1930s | 2,897 | |
| 1940s | 4,453 | |
| 1950s | 7,550 | |
| 1960s | 10,868 | |
| 1970s | 15,157 | |
| 1980s | 17,820 | |
| 1990s | 20,063 | |
| 2000s | 18,005 | |
| 2010s | 9,309 | |
| 2020s | 2,968 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Roberto was the 153rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Roberto
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Heribertopeak 1993
- Raulpeak 2000
- Armandopeak 1997
- Mariopeak 1980
- Adalbertopeak 1993
- Norbertopeak 1981
- Arturopeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.