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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RobertoIn Hebrew: רוברטו · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Roberto (Hebrew: רוברטו) is a boy's name of international origin. 425 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1951, with 27 babies.

People in Israel
425
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1951
27 babies
USA, 2025
519
rank #569

Writing and saying Roberto

In Hebrew letters the name is רוברטו, read right to left. Roberto is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Roberto by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Roberto: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Roberto in English-speaking countries

Roberto in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025519#5691991 (2,117)
United Kingdom20257#3,0211998 (40)
England and Wales20257#2,9381998 (40)
Alberta20251#2,3931981 (6)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Roberto has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Roberto

How do you write Roberto in Hebrew?

Roberto is written רוברטו in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Roberto?

425 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רוברטו: 0 women and 425 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Roberto a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named רוברטו are men.

Is Roberto used outside Israel?

The name Roberto appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 519 boys were given it in 2025 (#569), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 7 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.