Tolbert
Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 792since 1881
Tolbert over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tolbert has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Tolbert! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1892 (#963 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1887 (#758 → #921)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1885–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,978
- Highest: 1 in 11,978 boys born in 1885 were named Tolbert (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 311,164 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.7% of all boys named Tolbert (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #641 (1885) | #775 |
| 1890s | 21 | #748 (1892) | #856 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,272 |
| 1910s | 135 | #1,415 (1916) | #1,693 |
| 1920s | 172 | #1,503 (1922) | #2,020 |
| 1930s | 103 | #1,489 (1931) | #2,484 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,759 (1946) | #2,318 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,019 (1950) | #2,480 |
| 1960s | 59 | #2,409 (1964) | #3,403 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,622 (1972) | #4,494 |
| 1980s | 6 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,089 |
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.
Tolbert in 1885
boys
#641
9 births · 1 in 11,978 boys
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Tolbert, which outranked 41.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).