Roberta
Girl nameRoberta has been given to 172,330 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1953.
Meaning & origin
By surface analysis, Robert +‎ -a.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
172,330
Peak year
1953 (4,310 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -2%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Roberta
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
Roberta Metsola
President of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979)
Roberta Flack
American singer (1937–2025)
Roberta Bondar
Canadian astronaut
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Roberta.
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