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.

Roberts

#8,023 most common boys' name of all time · #20,209 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1999

Rank among boys
#8,023
Rank overall
#20,209 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
422
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #2,323
Best rank
#2,086 1913
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
1920194019601980

Roberts first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1999 — 6 6 #8,809
1995 — 5 5 #9,006
1991 — 5 5 #8,399
1990 — 8 8 #5,911
1982 — 5 5 #6,543
1977 — 6 6 #5,267
1976 — 6 6 #5,083
1974 — 7 7 #4,303
1971 — 7 7 #4,088
1969 — 6 6 #4,074
1968 — 6 6 #3,825
1967 — 8 8 #3,089
1965 — 13 13 #2,326
1962 — 8 8 #3,151
1960 — 9 9 #2,972
1958 — 8 8 #3,139
1957 — 5 5 #4,166
1954 — 10 10 #2,671
1953 — 5 5 #3,998
1951 — 11 11 #2,436
1950 — 9 9 #2,692
1949 — 5 5 #3,884
1947 — 7 7 #3,225
1946 — 6 6 #3,330
1945 — 9 9 #2,506
1944 — 8 8 #2,761
1942 — 12 12 #2,230
1941 — 6 6 #3,320
1940 — 9 9 #2,607
1937 — 7 7 #3,046
1936 — 5 5 #3,758
1935 — 5 5 #3,836
1934 — 9 9 #2,675
1932 — 8 8 #2,987
1930 — 12 12 #2,399
1929 — 6 6 #3,720
1928 — 6 6 #3,863
1927 — 9 9 #3,042
1926 — 8 8 #3,260
1925 — 12 12 #2,547
1924 — 13 13 #2,445
1923 — 12 12 #2,555
1922 — 14 14 #2,323
1921 — 8 8 #3,351
1920 — 10 10 #2,896
1919 — 11 11 #2,616
1918 — 11 11 #2,667
1917 — 6 6 #3,707
1916 — 9 9 #2,859
1915 — 8 8 #2,964
1914 — 9 9 #2,422
1913 — 9 9 #2,086