Elbert
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 79 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,511since 1880
Elbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Elbert 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,395 | 22 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,687 | 28 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,732 | 23 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,742 | 34 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,525 | 37 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,047 | 42 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,801 | 48 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,792 | 47 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,359 | 69 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,368 | 68 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,270 | 76 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,154 | 84 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,154 | 76 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,101 | 76 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,255 | 59 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,011 | 81 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,033 | 74 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,095 | 66 | |
| 1982 | — | #943 | 90 | |
| 1981 | — | #894 | 99 | |
| 1980 | — | #967 | 86 | |
| 1979 | — | #887 | 97 | |
| 1978 | — | #798 | 113 | |
| 1977 | — | #834 | 104 | |
| 1976 | — | #820 | 104 | |
| 1975 | — | #741 | 126 | |
| 1974 | — | #716 | 131 | |
| 1973 | — | #629 | 158 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #665 | 146 |
| 1971 | — | #582 | 198 | |
| 1970 | — | #641 | 161 | |
| 1969 | — | #584 | 176 | |
| 1968 | — | #555 | 185 | |
| 1967 | — | #543 | 189 | |
| 1966 | — | #534 | 202 | |
| 1965 | — | #498 | 235 | |
| 1964 | — | #505 | 241 | |
| 1963 | — | #483 | 273 | |
| 1962 | — | #531 | 226 | |
| 1961 | — | #494 | 256 | |
| 1960 | — | #488 | 263 | |
| 1959 | — | #433 | 340 | |
| 1958 | — | #421 | 348 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #412 | 355 |
| 1956 | — | #426 | 314 | |
| 1955 | — | #388 | 345 | |
| 1954 | — | #382 | 348 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #365 | 354 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #357 | 363 |
| 1951 | — | #343 | 396 | |
| 1950 | — | #363 | 344 | |
| 1949 | — | #333 | 417 | |
| 1948 | — | #341 | 386 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #322 | 455 |
| 1946 | — | #315 | 418 | |
| 1945 | — | #294 | 416 | |
| 1944 | — | #292 | 414 | |
| 1943 | — | #273 | 498 | |
| 1942 | — | #278 | 471 | |
| 1941 | — | #247 | 506 | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #253 | 470 |
| 1939 | — | #250 | 460 | |
| 1938 | — | #249 | 473 | |
| 1937 | — | #245 | 475 | |
| 1936 | — | #231 | 491 | |
| 1935 | — | #217 | 547 | |
| 1934 | — | #225 | 527 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #214 | 537 |
| 1932 | — | #225 | 532 | |
| 1931 | — | #220 | 566 | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #213 | 609 |
| 1929 | — | #212 | 601 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #207 | 656 |
| 1927 | — | #205 | 677 | |
| 1926 | — | #196 | 717 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #208 | 673 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #195 | 726 |
| 1923 | — | #182 | 772 | |
| 1922 | — | #184 | 754 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #193 | 714 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #181 | 786 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #179 | 735 |
| 1918 | — | #191 | 663 | |
| 1917 | — | #179 | 675 | |
| 1916 | — | #180 | 662 | |
| 1915 | — | #169 | 669 | |
| 1914 | — | #188 | 450 | |
| 1913 | — | #168 | 416 | |
| 1912 | — | #172 | 342 | |
| 1911 | — | #169 | 195 | |
| 1910 | — | #166 | 183 | |
| 1909 | — | #151 | 167 | |
| 1908 | — | #178 | 121 | |
| 1907 | — | #180 | 120 | |
| 1906 | — | #205 | 85 | |
| 1905 | — | #155 | 132 | |
| 1904 | — | #182 | 100 | |
| 1903 | — | #171 | 95 | |
| 1902 | — | #162 | 108 | |
| 1901 | — | #187 | 78 | |
| 1900 | — | #168 | 125 | |
| 1899 | — | #177 | 81 | |
| 1898 | — | #179 | 87 | |
| 1897 | — | #164 | 95 | |
| 1896 | — | #164 | 96 | |
| 1895 | — | #145 | 106 | |
| 1894 | — | #158 | 97 | |
| 1893 | — | #162 | 89 | |
| 1892 | — | #170 | 93 | |
| 1891 | — | #166 | 77 | |
| 1890 | — | #159 | 89 | |
| 1889 | — | #151 | 95 | |
| 1888 | — | #155 | 98 | |
| 1887 | — | #151 | 82 | |
| 1886 | — | #149 | 94 | |
| 1885 | — | #146 | 92 | |
| 1884 | — | #152 | 90 | |
| 1883 | — | #133 | 92 | |
| 1882 | — | #140 | 99 | |
| 1881 | — | #148 | 84 | |
| 1880 | — | #165 | 79 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elbert was already there! It came in at #165, and was given to 79 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elbert is popular in 1894
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elbert
- 986 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,243)
- 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,243)
- 2,497 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1981 (#967 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1983 (#943 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #133 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 111 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 982 boys born in 1909 were named Elbert (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #133 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,137 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.1% of all boys named Elbert (7,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 905 | #133 (1883) | #149 |
| 1890s | 910 | #145 (1895) | #164 |
| 1900s | 1,131 | #151 (1909) | #174 |
| 1910s | 4,990 | #166 (1910) | #176 |
| 1920s | 7,076 | #181 (1920) | #196 |
| 1930s | 5,217 | #213 (1930) | #229 |
| 1940s | 4,451 | #247 (1941) | #295 |
| 1950s | 3,507 | #343 (1951) | #389 |
| 1960s | 2,246 | #483 (1963) | #522 |
| 1970s | 1,338 | #582 (1971) | #731 |
| 1980s | 791 | #894 (1981) | #1,061 |
| 1990s | 491 | #1,270 (1990) | #1,937 |
| 2000s | 259 | #2,525 (2000) | #3,763 |
| 2010s | 157 | #4,517 (2010) | #5,683 |
| 2020s | 42 | #7,257 (2024) | #8,994 |
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.
Elbert in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 1,193 of them was named Elbert, which outranked 87.2% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.