# Roberta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roberta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Bobbie, Bobby, Robbie, Robby, Robbi, Bobbi |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 172,330 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 782 / 171,548 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 859, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

By surface analysis, Robert + -a.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,901 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,999 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,689 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,678 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,840 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,822 |
| 2017 | 55 | 3,009 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,899 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,885 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,668 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,331 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2,680 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,729 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,767 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,809 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8 | 3,890 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,980 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,535 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,682 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,815 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,864 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,794 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,368 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,510 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,096 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,876 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,637 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,558 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,291 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,720 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,211 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Roberta
- French: Roberte
- Italian: Roberta
- Japanese: ロバータ
- Polish: Roberta
- Russian: Роберта

## People named Roberta

- Roberta Flack, American singer (1937–2025)
- Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut
- Roberta Williams, American video game designer (b. 1953)
- Roberta Peters, American operatic soprano (1930-2017)
- Roberta Cowell, British racing driver and fighter pilot (1918–2011)
- Roberta Alexander, American operatic soprano
- Roberta Collins, American actress (1944-2008)
- Roberta Ratzke, Brazilian volleyball player
- Roberta Maxwell, Canadian actress
- Roberta Haynes, American actress (1927–2019)
- Roberta Smith, American art critic
- Roberta Kelly, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.