Thelbert

Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523

Peak · boys
1913 · 21 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
931
since 1908

Thelbert over time

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Rank among boys' names. Thelbert has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #1,112, 1913boys
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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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1985#6,5235
1984
1983#6,2385
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1980#4,9407
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1974#5,2275
1973
1972#4,4416
1971#3,6588
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1968#3,3657
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1964#3,0508
1963#3,3187
1962
1961#3,3567
1960#2,8719
1959#3,0378
1958#2,50611
1957#3,0248
1956
1955#2,43511
1954#2,44911
1953#2,28712
1952#2,25112
1951#2,8448
1950#2,43810
1949#1,61621
1948#1,55922
1947#1,91616
1946#2,27111
1945#2,00912
1944#2,30910
1943#1,57720
1942#1,79916
1941#1,68517
1940#2,08112
1939#1,53219
1938#1,36424
1937#1,44422
1936#1,29626
1935#1,65618
1934#1,55120
1933#1,58619
1932#1,71618
1931#1,39425
1930#1,46325
1929#1,84817
1928#1,52224
1927#1,74820
1926#1,66121
1925#1,74520
1924#1,38029
1923#1,75320
1922#1,50325
1921#1,29632
1920#1,64222
1919#1,62421
1918#1,71020
1917#1,64320
1916#1,84916
1915#1,30626
1914#2,10110
1913#1,11221
1912#1,61910
1911#1,1909
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1909#1,4405
1908#1,3735
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Thelbert! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1908–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Thelbert
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1913 at #1,112 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1914, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,408
  • Highest: 1 in 24,408 boys born in 1913 were named Thelbert (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 369,642 boys born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Thelbert (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,373 (1908)#1,407
1910s153#1,112 (1913)#1,573
1920s230#1,296 (1921)#1,610
1930s216#1,296 (1936)#1,500
1940s157#1,559 (1948)#1,882
1950s91#2,251 (1952)#2,586
1960s38#2,871 (1960)#3,192
1970s19#3,658 (1971)#4,442
1980s17#4,940 (1980)#5,900

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.

Thelbert in 1938

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#1,364
24 births · 1 in 46,214 boys

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,364Thelbert24
More about 1938

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1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 46,214 of them was named Thelbert, which outranked 66.2% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thelbert
  1. #1,337Verner25
  2. #1,337Walt25
  3. #1,337Woodie25
  4. #1,364Thelbert24
  5. #1,364Arlon24
  6. #1,364Armin24
  7. #1,364Arnie24
  8. #1,397Amado23
  9. #1,397Augustin23
  10. #1,397Benjaman23

Tied with 32 names at #1,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938