How Many People Are Named Roberts?
people named Roberts are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,190,928 people in the US has this name
Based on 422 babies named Roberts in Social Security records from 1913 to 1999, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latvian form of ROBERT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Roberts in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roberts alive today is about 61 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roberts first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1922, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1999.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 1999
🏆 Rank History
Roberts has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,061, in 1913.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,061 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,809 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roberts alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roberts were born in New York than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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