Recorded 1897–2025 · United States
Roberto was most popular in 1991, when 2,132 American babies were given the name — ranking #293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,140, with 519 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 113,477 people named Roberto.
Roberto first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1897, which makes it about 128 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 124 of the 129 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 113,477 American births named Roberto between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 97,887 are estimated to be alive today.
519 American babies were named Roberto in 2025, ranking #1,140 that year.
Roberto is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 562 births a year, against 1,010 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -44% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Roberto is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 113,477 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 97,887 Americans named Roberto are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 23 and 51.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org