first name
ROBERTO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 172,377 people named Roberto, 90.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% as White and 2.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Roberto peaked in 1991, when 2,132 babies got the name.
At least 113,477 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Roberto by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #319. The largest share of babies named Roberto, 26.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Roberto is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roberto has been most common in Texas (4.2×), New Mexico (2.9×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Kentucky (0.03×).
109,516 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Roberto
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roberto, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Roberto ranks #8,890 of 156,621, with 3,535 people. See Roberto as a last name
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