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
- Peak · boys
- 1920 · 982 births
- Debut · boys
- 44 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,930since 1880
Delbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Delbert has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,918 | 26 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,702 | 20 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,524 | 29 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,846 | 37 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,931 | 31 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,805 | 32 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,456 | 67 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,434 | 67 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,512 | 61 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,371 | 68 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,216 | 83 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,117 | 92 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,281 | 72 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,076 | 85 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,030 | 85 | |
| 1986 | — | #867 | 110 | |
| 1985 | — | #839 | 114 | |
| 1984 | — | #854 | 106 | |
| 1983 | — | #743 | 135 | |
| 1982 | — | #861 | 107 | |
| 1981 | — | #760 | 131 | |
| 1980 | — | #749 | 137 | |
| 1979 | — | #698 | 150 | |
| 1978 | — | #713 | 139 | |
| 1977 | — | #648 | 171 | |
| 1976 | — | #671 | 150 | |
| 1975 | — | #625 | 167 | |
| 1974 | — | #567 | 200 | |
| 1973 | — | #508 | 234 | |
| 1972 | — | #539 | 218 | |
| 1971 | — | #515 | 251 | |
| 1970 | — | #505 | 255 | |
| 1969 | — | #467 | 267 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #456 | 282 |
| 1967 | — | #424 | 322 | |
| 1966 | — | #391 | 366 | |
| 1965 | — | #407 | 373 | |
| 1964 | — | #397 | 398 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #381 | 437 |
| 1962 | — | #354 | 497 | |
| 1961 | — | #363 | 478 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #353 | 490 |
| 1959 | — | #330 | 557 | |
| 1958 | — | #323 | 568 | |
| 1957 | — | #323 | 567 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #298 | 617 |
| 1955 | — | #280 | 654 | |
| 1954 | — | #289 | 606 | |
| 1953 | — | #284 | 616 | |
| 1952 | — | #273 | 641 | |
| 1951 | — | #274 | 609 | |
| 1950 | — | #277 | 569 | |
| 1949 | — | #265 | 608 | |
| 1948 | — | #246 | 693 | |
| 1947 | — | #244 | 724 | |
| 1946 | — | #231 | 678 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #215 | 641 |
| 1944 | — | #200 | 745 | |
| 1943 | — | #204 | 788 | |
| 1942 | — | #197 | 797 | |
| 1941 | — | #192 | 756 | |
| 1940 | — | #180 | 813 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #174 | 843 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #169 | 874 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #161 | 909 |
| 1936 | — | #163 | 882 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #165 | 861 |
| 1934 | — | #163 | 894 | |
| 1933 | — | #157 | 921 | |
| 1932 | — | #151 | 1,038 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #159 | 932 |
| 1930 | — | #151 | 1,013 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #157 | 962 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #154 | 1,023 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #159 | 964 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #163 | 916 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #167 | 898 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #161 | 988 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #156 | 997 |
| 1922 | — | #162 | 976 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #156 | 972 |
| 1920 | — | #150 | 982 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #157 | 848 |
| 1918 | — | #164 | 833 | |
| 1917 | — | #162 | 775 | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #161 | 743 |
| 1915 | — | #179 | 630 | |
| 1914 | — | #184 | 472 | |
| 1913 | — | #184 | 369 | |
| 1912 | — | #180 | 325 | |
| 1911 | — | #209 | 140 | |
| 1910 | — | #210 | 122 | |
| 1909 | — | #226 | 91 | |
| 1908 | — | #216 | 92 | |
| 1907 | — | #215 | 88 | |
| 1906 | — | #197 | 89 | |
| 1905 | — | #228 | 72 | |
| 1904 | — | #247 | 59 | |
| 1903 | — | #257 | 50 | |
| 1902 | — | #259 | 51 | |
| 1901 | — | #277 | 38 | |
| 1900 | — | #319 | 44 | |
| 1899 | — | #238 | 49 | |
| 1898 | — | #255 | 48 | |
| 1897 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1896 | — | #265 | 46 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1893 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1892 | — | #274 | 43 | |
| 1891 | — | #265 | 37 | |
| 1890 | — | #328 | 28 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #311 | 30 | |
| 1885 | — | #256 | 42 | |
| 1884 | — | #254 | 46 | |
| 1883 | — | #245 | 43 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #313 | 27 | |
| 1880 | — | #249 | 44 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #150 (982 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
- 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
- 20.6% of all boys named Delbert (9,678) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 383 | #245 (1883) | #275 |
| 1890s | 387 | #238 (1899) | #285 |
| 1900s | 674 | #197 (1906) | #244 |
| 1910s | 5,257 | #157 (1919) | #179 |
| 1920s | 9,678 | #150 (1920) | #159 |
| 1930s | 9,167 | #151 (1932) | #161 |
| 1940s | 7,243 | #180 (1940) | #217 |
| 1950s | 6,004 | #273 (1952) | #295 |
| 1960s | 3,910 | #353 (1960) | #399 |
| 1970s | 1,935 | #505 (1970) | #599 |
| 1980s | 1,082 | #743 (1983) | #906 |
| 1990s | 593 | #1,117 (1990) | #1,711 |
| 2000s | 318 | #2,556 (2002) | #3,214 |
| 2010s | 199 | #4,241 (2010) | #4,756 |
| 2020s | 100 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 6,163 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 90.4% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).