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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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 1956

girls
#5,325
6 births · 1 in 334,617 girls
boys
#298
617 births · 1 in 3,428 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #5,325Delbert6

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #298Delbert617
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delbert
  1. #4,837Zane7
  2. #4,837Zanetta7
  3. #4,837Zeola7
  4. #5,325Delbert6
  5. #5,325Adda6
  6. #5,325Al6
  7. #5,325Alacia6
  8. #5,952Adelene5
  9. #5,952Adelmira5
  10. #5,952Adlene5

Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 3,428 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delbert
  1. #295Ivan624
  2. #296Monte623
  3. #297Sylvester621
  4. #298Delbert617
  5. #299Derek614
  6. #300Grant613
  7. #301Luther612
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956