Names / Boy names
Roberts
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#2,062
in 1913
First recorded
1913
in U.S. data
Children named
422
since 1913
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,062 in 1913 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Roberts makes its debut in American naming records in 1913, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 422 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.