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Roberto

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert.

PronunciationItalian /ro.ˈbɛr.to/; Spanish /ro.ˈβeɾ.to/; European Portuguese /ʁu.ˈbɛɾ.tu/; Brazilian Portuguese /ho.ˈbɛh.tu/
Usage languagesDutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#569

Meaning and history

Roberto is the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Robert. Notable bearers include Saint Roberto Bellarmine, a 16th-century cardinal regarded as a Doctor of the Church, and Roberto de Nobili (1577–1656), a Jesuit missionary to India.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,730 births, rank #216
2007: 1,748 births, rank #218
2008: 1,580 births, rank #233
2009: 1,417 births, rank #248
2010: 1,272 births, rank #273
20112011: 1,131 births, rank #295
2012: 1,074 births, rank #309
2013: 954 births, rank #339
2014: 965 births, rank #343
2015: 927 births, rank #358
20162016: 893 births, rank #372
2017: 779 births, rank #406
2018: 681 births, rank #444
2019: 634 births, rank #469
2020: 677 births, rank #437
20212021: 581 births, rank #506
2022: 612 births, rank #498
2023: 560 births, rank #527
2024: 540 births, rank #552
20252025: 519 births, rank #569

Roberto moved from #553 to #570 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 2,117 births.