Delbert

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1920 · 982 births
Debut · boys
44 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
46,930
since 1880

Delbert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Delbert has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #150, 1920boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#6,19914
2023#5,47017
2022#5,87415
2021#5,56216
2020#3,91826
2019#4,95119
2018#5,10618
2017#4,59421
2016#4,47022
2015#4,40722
2014#4,70220
2013#4,62120
2012#5,03518
2011#5,43316
2010#4,24123
2009#4,42922
2008#4,14524
2007#3,02538
2006#3,52429
2005#2,84637
2004#2,95334
2003#2,92233
2002#2,55638
2001#2,93131
2000#2,80532
1999#2,34738
1998#2,45035
1997#2,09642
1996#2,11540
1995#1,45667
1994#1,43467
1993#1,51261
1992#1,37168
1991#1,21683
1990#1,11792
1989#1,28172
1988#1,07685
1987#1,03085
1986#867110
1985#839114
1984#854106
1983#743135
1982#861107
1981#760131
1980#749137
1979#698150
1978#713139
1977#648171
1976#671150
1975#625167
1974#567200
1973#508234
1972#539218
1971#515251
1970#505255
1969#467267
1968#7,0165#456282
1967#424322
1966#391366
1965#407373
1964#397398
1963#5,8916#381437
1962#354497
1961#363478
1960#6,3905#353490
1959#330557
1958#323568
1957#323567
1956#5,3256#298617
1955#280654
1954#289606
1953#284616
1952#273641
1951#274609
1950#277569
1949#265608
1948#246693
1947#244724
1946#231678
1945#4,5565#215641
1944#200745
1943#204788
1942#197797
1941#192756
1940#180813
1939#4,2505#174843
1938#4,3425#169874
1937#3,8006#161909
1936#163882
1935#4,2045#165861
1934#163894
1933#157921
1932#1511,038
1931#3,4977#159932
1930#1511,013
1929#3,6827#157962
1928#4,1956#1541,023
1927#3,2849#159964
1926#3,2699#163916
1925#3,11610#167898
1924#4,0027#161988
1923#4,9675#156997
1922#162976
1921#5,0995#156972
1920#150982
1919#4,8145#157848
1918#164833
1917#162775
1916#3,2588#161743
1915#179630
1914#184472
1913#184369
1912#180325
1911#209140
1910#210122
1909#22691
1908#21692
1907#21588
1906#19789
1905#22872
1904#24759
1903#25750
1902#25951
1901#27738
1900#31944
1899#23849
1898#25548
1897#27942
1896#26546
1895#31633
1894#32230
1893#31231
1892#27443
1891#26537
1890#32828
1889#30532
1888#26245
1887#31128
1886#31130
1885#25642
1884#25446
1883#24543
1882#24846
1881#31327
1880#24944
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delbert was already there! It came in at #249, and was given to 44 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 18 boys a year got the name.

See more about Delbert
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 604 spots since 2024 (#6,199#6,803)
  • 2,885 spots since 2020 (#3,918#6,803)
  • 2,396 spots since 2015 (#4,407#6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1983 (#861#743)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1987 (#867#1,030)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #150 (982 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 107 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,006
  • Highest: 1 in 1,006 boys born in 1932 were named Delbert (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #150 in 1920, was only 1 in 1,084 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Delbert (9,678) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s383#245 (1883)#275
1890s387#238 (1899)#285
1900s674#197 (1906)#244
1910s5,257#157 (1919)#179
1920s9,678#150 (1920)#159
1930s9,167#151 (1932)#161
1940s7,243#180 (1940)#217
1950s6,004#273 (1952)#295
1960s3,910#353 (1960)#399
1970s1,935#505 (1970)#599
1980s1,082#743 (1983)#906
1990s593#1,117 (1990)#1,711
2000s318#2,556 (2002)#3,214
2010s199#4,241 (2010)#4,756
2020s100#3,918 (2020)#5,638

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Delbert in 1924

girls
#4,002
7 births · 1 in 178,410 girls
boys
#161
988 births · 1 in 1,147 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #4,002Delbert7

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #161Delbert988
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 178,410 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 32.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delbert
  1. #3,665Yvonna8
  2. #3,665Zenna8
  3. #3,665Zoila8
  4. #4,002Delbert7
  5. #4,002Abelina7
  6. #4,002Adabelle7
  7. #4,002Adamae7
  8. #4,434Abba6
  9. #4,434Adelita6
  10. #4,434Adine6

Tied with 431 names at #4,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 1,147 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delbert
  1. #158Otis1,011
  2. #159Lyle1,000
  3. #160Jim992
  4. #161Delbert988
  5. #162Alex978
  6. #163Jacob970
  7. #164Mike963
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924