Girls' name · peaked in 1937

Roberta name popularity since 1925

149,389 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Roberta. Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Roberta is about 77 years old in 2026. Roberta peaked in 1937 as the #66 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 149,389; Named Roberta, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1937; #66 for girls that year
Typical age: About 77; Median birth year 1949
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #2,809 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.5% girls; 148,688 girls · 701 boys
Most popular in: Montana; 2.58× its national share

Peak year is the year Roberta made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Roberta births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1953. Measured as a share of all babies, Roberta peaked in 1937.

Fastest rise: Between 1931 and 1936, Roberta became 1.8× more common.
Steepest fall: Between 1989 and 1994, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 7,950 to 1 in 15,000.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Roberta's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Roberta.

Decade by decade

Babies named Roberta in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	9,762	63	–
1930s	27,731	150	#77
1940s	38,051	152	#75
1950s	37,916	111	#113
1960s	21,101	98	#167
1970s	8,094	58	#332
1980s	3,281	60	#642
1990s	1,299	9	#1,481
2000s	548	0	#2,999
2010s	564	0	#2,840
2020–25	341	0	#2,809

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

44.4% of babies named Roberta from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Roberta is most popular

The index compares Roberta's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Roberta.

State	Index	Babies
Montana	2.58×	1,118
Wyoming	2.25×	451
Maine	1.97×	1,244
North Dakota	1.87×	871
New Mexico	1.87×	1,532

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Roberta's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Roberta.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Roberta (1937).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data