Roberts
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Roberts is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Roberts mean?
Welsh
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Robert.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Roberts a girl's or a boy's name?
Roberts is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roberts in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Roberts, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Roberts in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Roberts in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
Names like Roberts
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rupert Alfred Otis Wilfred Albert Reuben Arthur Ralph Archie Edward Stanley Freddie
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roberts: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roberts, updated 20 October 2026.