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

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Peak · boys
1883 · 92 births
Debut · boys
79 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,511
since 1880

Elbert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elbert has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #133, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,2439
2024—#7,25711
2023——
2022—#7,76810
2021—#12,1465
2020—#9,5547
2019—#7,17311
2018—#6,03614
2017—#5,78815
2016—#4,62421
2015—#5,74615
2014—#5,99714
2013—#6,24113
2012—#5,72015
2011—#4,98318
2010—#4,51721
2009—#5,55416
2008—#4,39522
2007—#3,68728
2006—#4,37021
2005—#3,31930
2004—#3,63625
2003—#3,73223
2002—#3,67023
2001—#2,74234
2000—#2,52537
1999—#2,79530
1998—#2,85128
1997—#2,16440
1996—#2,04742
1995—#1,80148
1994—#1,92743
1993—#1,79247
1992—#1,35969
1991—#1,36868
1990—#1,27076
1989—#1,15484
1988—#1,15476
1987—#1,10176
1986—#1,25559
1985—#1,01181
1984—#1,03374
1983—#1,09566
1982—#94390
1981—#89499
1980—#96786
1979—#88797
1978—#798113
1977—#834104
1976—#820104
1975—#741126
1974—#716131
1973—#629158
1972#7,2926#665146
1971—#582198
1970—#641161
1969—#584176
1968—#555185
1967—#543189
1966—#534202
1965—#498235
1964—#505241
1963—#483273
1962—#531226
1961—#494256
1960—#488263
1959—#433340
1958—#421348
1957#6,0865#412355
1956—#426314
1955—#388345
1954—#382348
1953#4,5957#365354
1952#4,9086#357363
1951—#343396
1950—#363344
1949—#333417
1948—#341386
1947#4,7646#322455
1946—#315418
1945—#294416
1944—#292414
1943—#273498
1942—#278471
1941—#247506
1940#2,9639#253470
1939—#250460
1938—#249473
1937—#245475
1936—#231491
1935—#217547
1934—#225527
1933#4,2185#214537
1932—#225532
1931—#220566
1930#2,84510#213609
1929—#212601
1928#3,7437#207656
1927—#205677
1926—#196717
1925#3,3629#208673
1924#3,6658#195726
1923—#182772
1922—#184754
1921#4,4646#193714
1920#3,9577#181786
1919#4,2516#179735
1918—#191663
1917—#179675
1916—#180662
1915—#169669
1914—#188450
1913—#168416
1912—#172342
1911—#169195
1910—#166183
1909—#151167
1908—#178121
1907—#180120
1906—#20585
1905—#155132
1904—#182100
1903—#17195
1902—#162108
1901—#18778
1900—#168125
1899—#17781
1898—#17987
1897—#16495
1896—#16496
1895—#145106
1894—#15897
1893—#16289
1892—#17093
1891—#16677
1890—#15989
1889—#15195
1888—#15598
1887—#15182
1886—#14994
1885—#14692
1884—#15290
1883—#13392
1882—#14099
1881—#14884
1880—#16579
First appearance
1880

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 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedMNIllinois: #346 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 6,707 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedWIMichigan: #544 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,320 boysMINew York: #597 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 20,598 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedINOhio: #477 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 14,494 boysOHPennsylvania: #491 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 16,831 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 15,591 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNEMissouri: #298 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,037 boysMOKentucky: #303 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,567 boysKYWest Virginia: #213 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,980 boysWVVirginia: #288 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,423 boysVAMaryland: #298 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,606 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedKSArkansas: #168 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,129 boysARTennessee: #170 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,313 boysTNNorth Carolina: #225 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,835 boysNCSouth Carolina: #242 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,147 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #358 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,812 boysOKLouisiana: #284 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,349 boysLAMississippi: #172 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,109 boysMSAlabama: #187 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,340 boysALGeorgia: #233 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,946 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Elbert, so not publishedHITexas: #393 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 3,712 boysTXFlorida: #351 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,437 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#168 · 1 in 1,129
  2. Tennessee#170 · 1 in 1,313
  3. Mississippi#172 · 1 in 1,109
  4. Alabama#187 · 1 in 1,340
  5. West Virginia#213 · 1 in 1,980

Best ever in a state: #57 in Arkansas, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#168191 in 1,129
Tennessee#170301 in 1,313
Mississippi#172261 in 1,109
Alabama#187291 in 1,340
West Virginia#213121 in 1,980
North Carolina#225291 in 1,835
Georgia#233241 in 1,946
South Carolina#242141 in 2,147
Louisiana#284161 in 2,349
Virginia#288121 in 3,423
Maryland#29861 in 4,606
Missouri#298111 in 4,037
Kentucky#303101 in 3,567
Illinois#346151 in 6,707
Florida#35181 in 4,437
Oklahoma#35851 in 4,812
Texas#393311 in 3,712
Ohio#47771 in 14,494
Pennsylvania#49171 in 16,831
Michigan#54451 in 17,320
New York#59781 in 20,598
California#61091 in 15,591
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Elbert
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #133 (92 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 111 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 103 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1982
Share of babies · boys
1 in 982
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.1% of all boys named Elbert (7,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s905#133 (1883)#149
1890s910#145 (1895)#164
1900s1,131#151 (1909)#174
1910s4,990#166 (1910)#176
1920s7,076#181 (1920)#196
1930s5,217#213 (1930)#229
1940s4,451#247 (1941)#295
1950s3,507#343 (1951)#389
1960s2,246#483 (1963)#522
1970s1,338#582 (1971)#731
1980s791#894 (1981)#1,061
1990s491#1,270 (1990)#1,937
2000s259#2,525 (2000)#3,763
2010s157#4,517 (2010)#5,683
2020s42#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 1952

girls
#4,908
6 births · 1 in 309,056 girls
boys
#357
363 births · 1 in 5,354 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #4,908Elbert6

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #357Elbert363
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 309,056 of them was named Elbert, which outranked 23.2% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elbert
  1. #4,483Zara7
  2. #4,483Zenia7
  3. #4,483Zondra7
  4. #4,908Elbert6
  5. #4,908Aaron6
  6. #4,908Adene6
  7. #4,908Adonna6
  8. #5,563Adaline5
  9. #5,563Adean5
  10. #5,563Adelfa5

Tied with 654 names at #4,908; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 5,354 of them was named Elbert, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elbert
  1. #354Sheldon367
  2. #355Rafael366
  3. #355Travis366
  4. #357Elbert363
  5. #358Royce362
  6. #359Wilson356
  7. #360Sammie355
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →