Roberto

What Roberto means

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Robert, meaning “shining glory”

a male given name, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert || From Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht (normalised form: Ruodberht), from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiberht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Roberto” (revision 93953018) and “Robert” (revision 94543013), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Roberto?

US: Falling: down from #358 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1442 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1981, when 1,927 boys got the name (#147 that year). First in the US records in 1897.

How common

• About 1 in 3,291 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (0.85 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.73 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Roberto is #569 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Roberto were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Roberto

Boys

• Alex#232Short form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*

For a sister

• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US
• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Roberto’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.