Roberto

Roberto was the #569 boys' name in the US in 2025 (519 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Roberto as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Roberto as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Roberto as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#569 (519)#2,952 (7)——#3,153 (5)
2024#552 (540)#2,672 (8)——#2,238 (8)
2023#527 (560)#2,008 (11)——#1,947 (9)
2022#498 (612)#2,019 (11)———
2021#506 (581)#1,595 (15)—#631 (4)#1,560 (12)
2020#437 (677)#1,548 (15)——#1,595 (11)
2019#469 (634)#2,266 (9)—#764 (3)#1,375 (14)
2018#444 (681)#1,610 (15)—#749 (3)#1,279 (15)
2017#406 (779)#1,042 (28)#733 (3)#710 (3)#1,623 (11)
2016#372 (893)#1,363 (19)——#2,428 (6)
2015#358 (927)#1,442 (17)—#615 (4)#1,458 (12)
2014#343 (965)#1,560 (15)—#550 (5)#1,381 (13)
2013#339 (954)#1,183 (21)—#711 (3)#1,312 (14)
2012#309 (1,074)#1,430 (17)——#1,102 (18)
2011#295 (1,131)#1,522 (15)—#623 (4)#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #147.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roberto is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roberto by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #301CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #321AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #267TXFlorida: #633FL
Roberto (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Roberto (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RobertoCanadaBoys#3,1535
RobertoEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
RobertoIrelandBoys—too few
RobertoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RobertoScotlandBoys—too few
RobertoUSGirls—too few
RobertoUSBoys#569519