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I like both, but Alberta more.

Alberta is fine but I like Roberta best! Roberta is jazzy, cool, tomboy and in a way mysterious. Alberta is more nerdy, and pompous almost.

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I wouldn’t call Roberta by a nickname, but if I had to, maybe Robbie or Birdie, which I find cute.

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Roberta Muriel
Roberta Jeanette
Roberta Ines

Alberta can go by Ally, I guess? It's kind of cute.

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But I'd prefer Roberta, nicknamed Bettie. If Bettie is not allowed — Bobbie or Robin.

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Roberta Mylene - so I could NN her Romy.
Roberta Olwen - I choose this one.

Two women I know named Roberta go by Roz. Another goes by Bobbie.

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Mine would be:

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Roberta Zoe "Roz"

It's funny, I dislike Robert, but adore Roberta. Roberta is so saucy and feisty. I think of it as a "loud broad" kind of name and I love loud broads, I wish I was one. Roberta is glamorous in a bombastic, heavy sort of way, like Barbara, and I enjoy that about it.

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As for nicknames, I love all the options for Roberta: Robbie, Bobbie, Bertie, Ruby, and even Bob or Rob. Actually, this name makes me think of my late aunt, who always had the mysterious family nickname of "Kim-Bob". She was a wonderful lady. Yeah, this name is great!

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Middle names, hmm... I think Roberta would go with a lot of my favourites, but the result might be VERY musty:

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Roberta Rosemary
Roberta Muriel
Roberta Eudora
Roberta Daisy? Daisy Roberta is better
Roberta Ruby is pretty cute!
Roberta Cleo, oh, love that
Roberta Minerva

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Roberta Cleo is really speaking to me. I'd go with that.

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Sorry, I got so distracted that I forget to talk about Alberta. It's fun, but for me it's just the province. I guess it could be a poetic sort of name if someone from Alberta moved away but wanted to remember their home. I like thinking of it that way, actually. Maybe paired with something vintage and wistful.

I really like both, but at the moment, I'm leaning towards Roberta because it's brassier.

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Roberta Eve
Roberta Violet
Roberta Cleo
Roberta Daphne
Roberta Phoebe
Roberta Phryne
Roberta Olive
Roberta Daisy
Roberta Sophie
Roberta Zoe
Roberta Enid
Roberta Ingrid
Roberta Maud
Roberta Mabel
Roberta Hazel
Roberta Loie

Robert is a family name, so Roberta, but only as a mn. I would use Robin (also a family name) for a boy, but not a girl. Alberta is too close to Elberta, which is a (very tasty) variety of peach.

Alberta for sure. It was my great-grandmother’s name and she went by Bert, which I actually love. I would probably use Birdie for a nickname naturally. I als like Alta though it seems more contrived.

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For a combo

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Alberta Julian

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Or

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Alberta Wren