# Roberto (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roberto/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 113,477 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 112,643 / 834 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 606, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18 | 5,232 |
| 1991 | 15 | 6,180 |
| 1992 | 13 | 6,952 |
| 1993 | 19 | 5,148 |
| 1994 | 11 | 8,018 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7,949 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,317 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,586 |
| 1998 | 7 | 12,113 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,148 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,635 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,183 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,522 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,429 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,455 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,131 | 295 |
| 2012 | 1,074 | 309 |
| 2013 | 954 | 339 |
| 2014 | 965 | 343 |
| 2015 | 927 | 358 |
| 2016 | 893 | 372 |
| 2017 | 779 | 406 |
| 2018 | 681 | 444 |
| 2019 | 634 | 470 |
| 2020 | 677 | 437 |
| 2021 | 581 | 507 |
| 2022 | 612 | 498 |
| 2023 | 560 | 527 |
| 2024 | 540 | 553 |
| 2025 | 519 | 570 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Roberto

- Roberto Firmino, Brazilian association football player
- Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author
- Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
- Roberto Pereyra, Argentine footballer
- Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine association football player
- Roberto Sensini, Argentine association football player and manager
- Roberto Dinamite, Brazilian footballer, politician (1954–2023)
- Roberto Cherro, Argentine footballer (1907-1965)
- Roberto Bellarosa, Belgian singer
- Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver (born 1959)
- Roberto Alagna, French tenor
- Roberto Orci, American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)

## 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.