Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Roberta

#234 most common girls' name of all time · #440 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#234
Rank overall
#440 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
172,330
Since 2016
573
Peak year
1953 #90
Best rank
#64 1936
Girls Boys peak 4,310/yr
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Roberta is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 61 — 61 #2,780
2024 62 — 62 #2,749
2023 64 — 64 #2,704
2022 65 — 65 #2,661
2021 48 — 48 #3,299
2020 41 — 41 #3,607
2019 58 — 58 #2,858
2018 58 — 58 #2,869
2017 55 — 55 #2,964
2016 61 — 61 #2,798
2015 62 — 62 #2,812
2014 66 — 66 #2,650
2013 42 — 42 #3,646
2012 57 — 57 #2,978
2011 60 — 60 #2,868
2010 45 — 45 #3,518
2009 38 — 38 #4,014
2008 42 — 42 #3,780
2007 59 — 59 #2,993
2006 66 — 66 #2,702
2005 54 — 54 #2,972
2004 46 — 46 #3,267
2003 42 — 42 #3,413
2002 64 — 64 #2,468
2001 71 — 71 #2,259
2000 66 — 66 #2,332
1999 76 — 76 #2,039
1998 87 — 87 #1,789
1997 96 — 96 #1,638
1996 108 — 108 #1,498
1995 108 — 108 #1,475
1994 119 — 119 #1,380
1993 149 — 149 #1,174
1992 164 — 164 #1,095
1991 190 — 190 #988
1990 202 9 211 #939
1989 232 — 232 #816
1988 209 7 216 #857
1987 261 — 261 #700
1986 284 6 290 #647
1985 290 7 297 #640
1984 315 8 323 #580
1983 335 5 340 #549
1982 412 9 421 #494
1981 462 7 469 #463
1980 481 11 492 #444
1979 494 5 499 #424
1978 529 — 529 #393
1977 575 — 575 #373
1976 617 7 624 #347
1975 670 7 677 #331
1974 820 7 827 #291
1973 867 8 875 #282
1972 978 — 978 #270
1971 1,169 8 1,177 #253
1970 1,375 16 1,391 #228
1969 1,506 11 1,517 #207
1968 1,492 8 1,500 #206
1967 1,620 9 1,629 #195
1966 1,819 11 1,830 #180
1965 2,129 10 2,139 #167
1964 2,277 8 2,285 #172
1963 2,322 12 2,334 #169
1962 2,532 9 2,541 #159
1961 2,561 10 2,571 #162
1960 2,843 10 2,853 #149
1959 3,079 7 3,086 #142
1958 3,302 17 3,319 #133
1957 3,707 13 3,720 #121
1956 3,866 10 3,876 #116
1955 3,783 17 3,800 #113
1954 4,043 9 4,052 #102
1953 4,299 11 4,310 #90
1952 4,228 8 4,236 #88
1951 3,979 6 3,985 #92
1950 3,630 13 3,643 #96
1949 3,660 6 3,666 #97
1948 3,667 9 3,676 #101
1947 4,261 13 4,274 #90
1946 4,016 15 4,031 #86
1945 3,602 18 3,620 #75
1944 3,744 15 3,759 #70
1943 4,169 22 4,191 #66
1942 4,105 19 4,124 #66
1941 3,396 18 3,414 #72
1940 3,431 17 3,448 #71
1939 3,409 16 3,425 #71
1938 3,547 16 3,563 #73
1937 3,568 18 3,586 #66
1936 3,467 20 3,487 #64
1935 3,180 21 3,201 #77
1934 2,371 15 2,386 #104
1933 2,039 12 2,051 #112
1932 2,243 13 2,256 #109
1931 1,955 10 1,965 #121
1930 1,952 9 1,961 #125
1929 1,971 14 1,985 #126
1928 1,923 13 1,936 #127
1927 2,232 12 2,244 #122
1926 1,877 12 1,889 #135
1925 1,759 12 1,771 #147
1924 1,772 12 1,784 #147
1923 1,658 5 1,663 #152
1922 1,659 9 1,668 #150
1921 1,732 10 1,742 #148
1920 1,636 7 1,643 #144
1919 1,552 9 1,561 #144
1918 1,680 6 1,686 #142
1917 1,426 7 1,433 #149
1916 1,313 6 1,319 #156
1915 1,156 5 1,161 #161
1914 921 5 926 #158
1913 755 — 755 #155
1912 693 — 693 #157
1911 441 — 441 #171
1910 433 — 433 #164
1909 353 — 353 #171
1908 296 — 296 #190
1907 291 — 291 #188
1906 233 — 233 #202
1905 243 — 243 #196
1904 211 — 211 #209
1903 205 — 205 #206
1902 176 — 176 #227
1901 165 — 165 #222
1900 199 — 199 #225
1899 140 — 140 #233
1898 144 — 144 #247
1897 130 — 130 #250
1896 113 — 113 #271
1895 130 — 130 #242
1894 116 — 116 #255
1893 82 — 82 #302
1892 86 — 86 #292
1891 88 — 88 #262
1890 91 — 91 #264
1889 73 — 73 #280
1888 74 — 74 #269
1887 64 — 64 #265
1886 72 — 72 #242
1885 45 — 45 #298
1884 55 — 55 #265
1883 48 — 48 #262
1882 35 — 35 #296
1881 41 — 41 #249
1880 34 — 34 #270