Roberta

“Variant of Robert — Bright fame” — Germanic origin

Girl's name · #2809 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Roberta is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1936, when it ranked #64. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 172,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2809 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Roberta's short forms are Bobby, Robbie, Robby, Bobbie, and Bobbi.

Around the world: about 1 in 9,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Robertas

Roberta Metsola — President of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979)
Roberta Flack — American singer (1937–2025)
Roberta Bondar — Canadian astronaut
Roberta Vinci — Italian female tennis player
Roberta Williams — American video game designer (b. 1953)

In stories & tradition

Roberta Tubbs — The Cleveland Show · Family Guy
Roberta Sparrow — Donnie Darko
Roberta Quimby — Ramona

What Robertas become

Among 722 notable people named Roberta:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Roberta Perkins, Australian sociologist and trans rights activist.

Similar names: Robbie · Geraldine · Roxanna · Juanita · Yvonne · Ronnie

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