Roberts · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Roberts.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 52 recorded years as a table

Roberts, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	18
1914	14
1915	9
1916	10
1917	6
1918	11
1919	11
1920	9
1921	7
1922	13
1923	11
1924	11
1925	11
1926	7
1927	8
1928	5
1929	6
1930	11
1932	8
1934	9
1935	5
1936	5
1937	7
1940	8
1941	5
1942	9
1944	6
1945	7
1946	4
1947	4
1949	3
1950	5
1951	6
1953	3
1954	5
1957	2
1958	4
1960	4
1962	4
1965	7
1967	5
1968	3
1969	3
1971	4
1974	4
1976	4
1977	4
1982	3
1990	4
1991	2
1995	3
1999	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Roberts isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Roberts

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999: 6
Rank in 1999: #8,704
How rare: 1 in 320,025 boys
Since 1913: 422

Roberts was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1913, at 18 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Roberts doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.