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
#150
1920 · 982 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #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.

Where Delbert is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1906

boys
#197
89 births · 1 in 1,496 boys

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #197Delbert89
More about 1906

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 1,496 of them was named Delbert, which outranked 86.1% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delbert
  1. #192Roger94
  2. #195Lyle93
  3. #196Roscoe90
  4. #197Delbert89
  5. #197Dennis89
  6. #197Ted89
  7. #200Irvin88
  8. #200Juan88
  9. #200Ross88

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →