Roberts

Peak · boys
1913 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
422
since 1913

Roberts over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Roberts has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,945, 1913boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1999#8,7046
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1995#8,8685
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1991#8,2365
1990#5,8238
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1982#6,3855
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1977#5,1236
1976#4,9356
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1974#4,1907
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1971#3,9637
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1969#3,9356
1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
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1965#2,27013
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1962#3,0418
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1960#2,8719
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1958#3,0338
1957#3,9935
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1954#2,59210
1953#3,7985
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1951#2,36711
1950#2,5809
1949#3,6905
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1947#3,0967
1946#3,1736
1945#2,3939
1944#2,6338
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1942#2,14512
1941#3,1336
1940#2,4789
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1937#2,9057
1936#3,5495
1935#3,6455
1934#2,5639
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1932#2,8498
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1930#2,29312
1929#3,5596
1928#3,6976
1927#2,9129
1926#3,1398
1925#2,43512
1924#2,34713
1923#2,44612
1922#2,24014
1921#3,2148
1920#2,76510
1919#2,51111
1918#2,54311
1917#3,5456
1916#2,7309
1915#2,8298
1914#2,2719
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Roberts! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1931, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Roberts is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Roberts in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Roberts
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1913 at #1,945 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,952
  • Highest: 1 in 56,952 boys born in 1913 were named Roberts (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,025 boys born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Roberts (98) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s63#1,945 (1913)#2,625
1920s98#2,240 (1922)#2,875
1930s46#2,293 (1930)#2,967
1940s62#2,145 (1942)#2,843
1950s48#2,367 (1951)#3,061
1960s50#2,270 (1965)#3,129
1970s26#3,963 (1971)#4,553
1980s5#6,385 (1982)#6,385
1990s24#5,823 (1990)#7,908

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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