Roberth
A Germanic masculine name derived from "bright renown" or "bright fame".
Name Census estimates that about 145 living Americans carry the first name Roberth. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Roberth today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Roberth births was 2023 (19 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Roberth. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
145
~ 1 in 2,363,823 Americans
Peak year
2023
19 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,827
Tracked since 1992
Census
Roberth in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 433 people with the first name Roberth, which placed it at #22,843 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#22,843
National first-name rank
People counted
433
433 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
77.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Roberth
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Roberth is Hispanic at 77.8%. The next largest groups are White (15.2%) and Black (4.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Roberth described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Roberth at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino77.8% · 337
- White15.2% · 66
- Black or African American4.8% · 21
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 6
- Two or more races0.7% · 3
Popularity
Roberth: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Roberth from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 57 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Roberth by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Roberth during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Roberth
Roberth is a masculine given name derived from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning "fame" and "berht" meaning "bright." It originated as a compound name in the early medieval period among the Frankish and Germanic tribes of Western Europe.
The name gained popularity during the reign of the Robertian dynasty, a family of Frankish nobles who ruled as kings of West Francia from 888 to 987 CE. The first notable bearer of the name was Robert the Strong, a renowned warrior and progenitor of the dynasty, who was appointed as the Duke of Anjou in the early 9th century.
In the 11th century, the name Roberth appeared in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive survey of landowners and properties in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. This suggests that the name had spread across the English Channel and was in use among the Norman nobility.
One of the earliest and most celebrated figures bearing the name was Robert Guiscard, a Norman adventurer and skilled military leader who conquered Southern Italy and Sicily in the late 11th century. He established the powerful Norman Kingdom of Sicily and became the Duke of Apulia and Calabria.
During the Crusades, several notable figures bore the name Roberth, including Robert II of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, who participated in the First Crusade and became the Prince of Antioch in 1099. Another famous Crusader was Robert III of Flanders, who led troops in the Third Crusade alongside Richard I of England.
In the 13th century, Robert Grosseteste, an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, and Bishop of Lincoln, made significant contributions to the intellectual life of medieval Europe and the development of the scientific method.
Other notable historical figures with the name Roberth include Robert the Bruce, the Scottish monarch who defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, securing Scotland's independence; Robert Campin, the Flemish painter and founder of the Renaissance art movement in the Low Countries in the early 15th century; and Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex, a prominent courtier and military commander during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England in the late 16th century.
People
Roberth + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Roberth as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Roberth: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Roberth?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 145 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Roberth going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,363,823 US residents.
Is Roberth a common name?
We classify Roberth as "Very Rare". It ranks above 69.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 147 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Roberth most popular?
The single biggest year for Roberth was 2023, when 19 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Roberth is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Roberth in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 433 people with the name Roberth, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #22,843 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Roberth in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Roberth?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Roberth leans strongly male. 424 people counted with this name were male (98.1%), compared with 8 female bearers (1.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Roberth?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Roberth is Hispanic at 77.8%. The next largest groups are White (15.2%) and Black (4.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Roberth most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Roberth in the 2020 Census, accounting for 77.8% (337 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Roberth in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Roberth a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Roberth in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Roberth still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Roberth in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Roberth can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Roberth?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.