Roberta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roberta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roberta: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #234, and it stood at #1,160 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#551
1998	#737
1999	#663
2000	#728
2001	#642
2002	#998
2003	#933
2004	#883
2005	#1200
2006	#1052
2007	#963
2008	#1247
2009	#1365
2010	#1653
2011	#1067
2012	#1184
2013	#1324
2014	#1628
2015	#1033
2016	#1211
2017	#1144
2018	#1393
2019	#1252
2020	#1238
2021	#1224
2022	#1245
2023	#1135
2024	#1160

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 58 years from 1964 to 2021.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1224 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2021
Highest recorded position: #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Roberta appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 190 births with the name.

Roberta across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roberta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#234 (1964)	#883 (2021)	35 of 58	190 (1964–2021)	10 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#526 (1996)	#526 (1996)	#1160 (2024)	29 of 29	831 (1996–2024)	48 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#344 (1999)	#344 (1999)	2 of 3	6 (1997–1999)	3 (1997)

Roberta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roberta in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	33	6 of 10	6
1970s	64	10 of 10	6
1980s	49	8 of 10	6
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	16	5 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Roberta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Roberta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1238	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1184	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1067	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#963	31	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#642	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#728	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#663	36	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#526	48	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Robel · #293, 34y
Robert · #3, 81y
Robertas · #287, 36y
Roberto · #269, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Saba · #233, 56y
Julius · #231, 55y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Ramona · #227, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Delia · #234, 50y
Honor · #234, 45y
Ciaron · #235, 19y
Genevieve · #235, 61y

Roberta was ranked #234 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roberta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roberta without appearing here.

Roberta moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1238 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #2499.
Sinead Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1314 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1252 and #2458.
Tania Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1033 and #2195.
Suzanne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1653 and #1389 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1067 and #2025.

Moved ahead of Roberta

Ruby Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #450 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #21.
Mia Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #450 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #23.
Ellie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #450 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #35.
Eabha Compare
In 2007 they stood at #321 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #53.

Moved the opposite way to Roberta

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 while Alexandra went from #222 to #106.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 while Annie went from #112 to #46.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 while Charlotte went from #171 to #48.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 while Ciara went from #146 to #65.

Moved the same way as Roberta

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 and Audrey from #85 to #661.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 and Eileen from #17 to #322.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 and Ida from #372 to #661.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Roberta went from #234 to #883 and Julia from #42 to #73.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roberta

Roberta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roberta across 3 official records

Roberta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Roberta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Roberta

Roberta and the names beside it

Roberta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roberta

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Roberta at a glance

Roberta across 3 official records

Roberta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Roberta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Roberta

Roberta and the names beside it

Roberta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roberta

Moved the opposite way to Roberta

Moved the same way as Roberta