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Roberta

Gender
Girl
Say it
ro-BER-ta
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,217 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,778 for girls

Roberta is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).

What does Roberta mean?

Germanic: feminine of Robert

“bright fame”

The English and Italian feminine form of Robert.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Roberta a girl's or a boy's name?

Roberta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Roberta in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,217th among girls
Babies in 2025
28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Roberta, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 51 girls.

Half of all the girls named Roberta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 51 in 19962025
Roberta in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202528#1,217
202429#1,208
202331#1,151
202227#1,283
202128#1,264
202026#1,312
201928#1,256
201823#1,468
201733#1,127
201628#1,291
201534#1,108
201420#1,596
201325#1,402
201229#1,232
201132#1,141
201018#1,694
200921#1,449
200823#1,346
200733#985
200627#1,087
200520#1,280
200430#949
200327#965
200226#962
200141#679
200036#731
199940#676
199832#789
199751#579
199651#550

How popular is Roberta in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,778th among girls
Babies in 2025
61 about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Roberta, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 4,299 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the girls named Roberta in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 4,299 in 19532025
Roberta in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202561#2,778
202462#2,749
202364#2,704
202265#2,661
202148#3,296
202041#3,606
201958#2,856
201858#2,868
201755#2,964
201661#2,798
201562#2,810
201466#2,646
201342#3,643
201257#2,977
201160#2,867
201045#3,515
200938#4,012
200842#3,778
200759#2,992
200666#2,701
200554#2,965
200446#3,261
200342#3,408
200264#2,464
200171#2,255
200066#2,328
199976#2,035
199887#1,786
199796#1,636
1996108#1,496
1995108#1,471
1994119#1,377
1993149#1,172
1992164#1,093
1991190#986
1990202#937
1989232#814
1988209#857
1987261#700
1986284#647
1985290#640
1984315#580
1983335#549
1982412#494
1981462#463
1980481#444
1979494#423
1978529#393
1977575#373
1976617#347
1975670#331
1974820#291
1973867#282
1972978#270
19711,169#253
19701,375#228
19691,506#207
19681,492#206
19671,620#195
19661,819#180
19652,129#167
19642,277#172
19632,322#169
19622,532#159
19612,561#162
19602,843#149
19593,079#142
19583,302#133
19573,707#121
19563,866#116
19553,783#113
19544,043#102
19534,299#90
19524,228#88
19513,979#92
19503,630#96
19493,660#97
19483,667#101
19474,261#90
19464,016#86
19453,602#75
19443,744#70
19434,169#66
19424,105#66
19413,396#72
19403,431#71
19393,409#71
19383,547#73
19373,568#66
19363,467#64
19353,180#77
19342,371#104
19332,039#112
19322,243#109
19311,955#121
19301,952#125
19291,971#126
19281,923#127
19272,232#122
19261,877#135
19251,759#147
19241,772#147
19231,658#152
19221,659#150
19211,732#148
19201,636#144
19191,552#144
19181,680#142
19171,426#149
19161,313#155
19151,156#161
1914921#158
1913755#155
1912693#157
1911441#170
1910433#164
1909353#171
1908296#190
1907291#187
1906233#202
1905243#195
1904211#209
1903205#205
1902176#226
1901165#222
1900199#225
1899140#233
1898144#245
1897130#249
1896113#271
1895130#241
1894116#255
189382#300
189286#292
189188#261
189091#262
188973#280
188874#269
188764#264
188672#241
188545#296
188455#263
188348#261
188235#296
188141#247
188034#265

Nicknames for Roberta

Names like Roberta

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harriet, Rosa, Alice, Ada, Matilda, Billie, Etta, Rosanna, Rebecca, Emma, Ida, Anna

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Roberta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roberta, updated 20 October 2026.