Roberta
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Roberta
Roberta has been one of the most successful feminization names, up at #64 in 1936. It's a name that's found all over children's lit, often nicknamed Bobbie or Robbie, though Bertie is another possibility. Notable bearers have included singers Roberta Flack and Roberta Peters--plus it's the birth name of Joni Mitchell.
Roberta is also given to boys.
Pronounced roh-BUR-tuh.
As of October 2026, Roberta ranked #2809 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #64 in 1936.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,677 | 66 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,840 | 62 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,821 | 61 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,008 | 55 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,896 | 58 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,885 | 58 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,663 | 41 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,327 | 48 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,679 | 65 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,727 | 64 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,760 | 62 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,809 | 61 | — | 0 |
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Roberta on lists
Famous Robertas
- Roberta Cleopatra FlackGirl
American singer
- Roberta PetersGirl
American coloratura soprano
- Roberta BondarGirl
first Canadian woman astronaut
- Roberta Joan "Joni" MitchellGirl
Canadian singer,songwriter
- Roberta Lee StreeterGirl
birth name of American singer Bobbie Gentry
- Roberta VinciGirl
Italian tennis player
- Roberta SmithGirl
American art critic
- Roberta "Maisie" BidenGirl
granddaughter of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
Roberta in pop culture
- Roberta "Bertie" RobinsonGirl
character in movie "The Swiss Family Robinson"
- Roberta QuimbyGirl
sister of Ramona Quimby in novels by Beverly Cleary
- Roberta "Robbie" StevensonGirl
character on TV's "The Journey of Allen Strange"
- Roberta KittlesonGirl
character on TV's "The Practice"
- "Gowns by RobertaGirl
" novel by Alice Duer Miller, basis for 1935 movie "Roberta"
- Roberta "Bobbie"Girl
character in E Nesbit's "The Railway Children"
- Robert "Bobby" EllisGirl
character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
- April Roberta LudgateGirl
Dwyer, character on "Parks and Recreation"
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- BertieGirl
- BertyGirl
- BobbeGirl
- BobbeeGirl
- BobbetteGirl
- BobbiGirl
- BobbieGirl
- BobbyGirl
- BobbyeGirl
- BobetteGirl
- BobiGirl
- BobineGirl
- BobinetteGirl
- RebertaGirl
- RobbeeGirl
- RobbeyGirl
- RobbiGirl
- RobbieGirl
- RobbinaGirl
- RobbyGirl
- RobeenaGirl
- RobellaGirl
- RobelleGirl
- RobenaGirl
- RobeniaGirl
- RobertenaGirl
- RoberteneGirl
- RobettaGirl
- RobetteGirl
- RobettinaGirl
- RobinGirl
- RobinaGirl
- RobinettGirl
- RobinetteGirl
- RobiniaGirl
- RobynGirl
- RobynaGirl
- RobynnGirl
- RobynnaGirl
- RobynneGirl
- RupettaGirl