Roberto

maleStatistical record

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

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

Roberto: Recorded since 1956, it reached #269 in 1979, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#269highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#481
1997	#528
1998	#490
1999	#563
2000	#624
2001	#638
2002	#993
2003	#761
2004	#1077
2005	#1190
2006	#1084
2007	#1201
2008	#1156
2009	#1175
2010	#1241
2011	#1522
2012	#1430
2013	#1183
2014	#1560
2015	#1442
2016	#1363
2017	#1042
2018	#1610
2019	#2266
2020	#1548
2021	#1595
2022	#2018
2023	#2007
2024	#2671

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 48 years from 1974 to 2021.

In 2021: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1956–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #435 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2021
Highest recorded position: #269 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1979 (recorded 1974–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Roberto appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 179 births with the name.

Roberto 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.

Roberto'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 · Boys	#321 (1974)	#269 (1979)	#631 (2021)	21 of 48	74 (1974–2021)	5 (1979)
Norway · Boys	#435 (1956)	#356 (1972)	#595 (1996)	30 of 41	179 (1956–1996)	12 (1972)
England and Wales · Boys	#481 (1996)	#481 (1996)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	599 (1996–2024)	40 (1998)

Roberto by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Roberto in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	8	2 of 10	4
1960s	35	6 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
1980s	48	8 of 10	6
1990s	22	5 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Roberto 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 1956 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Roberto'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	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#563	33	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#490	40	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#528	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#481	38	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#595	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#606	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#516	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#642	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#483	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#590	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#451	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#517	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#515	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#473	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#495	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#536	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#476	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#356	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#541	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#448	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#367	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#407	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#482	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#435	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 1956 and 2024, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #269, first reached in 1979.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1974, and 40 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.

Roberta · #234, 57y
Robertas · #287, 36y
Roberts · #457, 18y
Robin · #34, 76y

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.

Miranda · #272, 54y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Ilona · #277, 61y
Judy · #277, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Manuel · #269, 67y
Sølve · #269, 61y
Danuta · #267, 29y
Rino · #272, 42y

Roberto was ranked #269 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1979. 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.

Roberto 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 Roberto without appearing here.

Roberto moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #3334.
Barry Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #2404.

Moved ahead of Roberto

Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1610 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2266 and #974.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #967.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1859.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Roberto

Aaron Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 while Aaron went from #152 to #42.
Adam Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 while Adam went from #148 to #22.
Alex Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 while Alex went from #321 to #21.
Alexander Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 while Alexander went from #127 to #43.

Moved the same way as Roberto

Adrian Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 and Adrian from #46 to #257.
Alfred Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 and Alfred from #218 to #336.
Daithi Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 and Daithi from #321 to #755.
Denis Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Roberto went from #321 to #631 and Denis from #44 to #182.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1956 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roberto

Roberto at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roberto across 3 official records

Roberto by decade in Norway · Boys

Roberto appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Roberto and the names beside it

Roberto moved ahead of

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Roberto at a glance

Roberto across 3 official records

Roberto by decade in Norway · Boys

Roberto appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Roberto

Roberto and the names beside it

Roberto moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roberto

Moved the opposite way to Roberto

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