Roberta
Roberta is a feminine version of the given names Robert and Roberto. It is a Germanic name derived from the stems *hrod meaning "famous", "glorious", "godlike" and *berht meaning "bright", "shining", "light".
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Meaning & Origin of Roberta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roberta is a feminine version of the given names Robert and Roberto. It is a Germanic name derived from the stems *hrod meaning "famous", "glorious", "godlike" and *berht meaning "bright", "shining", "light".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Roberta
American parents first put Roberta on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 34 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 4,299 Robertas were born — ranking #90 that year. About 22% of every Roberta on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Roberta ranks #2,519 for baby girls with 71 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). All told, over 172K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Roberta
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Roberta. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Roberta
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- Roberta Achtenberg (born 1950), American attorney
- Roberta Acioly (born 1978), Brazilian politician
- Roberta Alaimo (born 1979), Italian politician
- Roberta Alenius (born 1978), Swedish politician
- Roberta Alexander (1949–2025), American operatic soprano
- Roberta Allen (born 1945), American conceptual artist
- Roberta Amadeo (born 1970), Italian para-cyclist
- Roberta Anastase (born 1976), Romanian politician
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Names that sound like Roberta
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About the name Roberta
Roberta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 172K births in the dataset. Roberta's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #64. Use the chart and map above to compare Roberta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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