Meaning not yet researched.
Elbert: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9 in 2025. Its best rank was #134 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #134 in 1883; #8,442 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elbert in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,442 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #134.
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Elbert: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9 boys in 2025. Peak: #134 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 786 (1920).
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Elbert, making it the 8,442nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,050 places from #7,392 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 11 boys named Elbert in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #134, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 786, in 1920. For comparison, it was #5,810 in 2015 and #363 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elbert in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 79 babies. In all, 33,608 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 7,113 babies named Elbert.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 103 US boys were named Elbert; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Albert and Bert.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 9 | #8,442 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,392 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #7,928 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #12,673 |
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2019 | — | — | 11 | #7,296 |
| 2018 | — | — | 14 | #6,125 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #5,873 |
| 2016 | — | — | 21 | #4,664 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,810 |
| 2014 | — | — | 14 | #6,085 |
| 2013 | — | — | 13 | #6,352 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,792 |
| 2011 | — | — | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2010 | — | — | 21 | #4,564 |
| 2009 | — | — | 16 | #5,632 |
| 2008 | — | — | 22 | #4,440 |
| 2007 | — | — | 28 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,398 |
| 2005 | — | — | 30 | #3,338 |
| 2004 | — | — | 25 | #3,669 |
| 2003 | — | — | 23 | #3,761 |
| 2002 | — | — | 23 | #3,705 |
| 2001 | — | — | 34 | #2,756 |
| 2000 | — | — | 37 | #2,544 |
| 1999 | — | — | 30 | #2,818 |
| 1998 | — | — | 28 | #2,881 |
| 1997 | — | — | 40 | #2,181 |
| 1996 | — | — | 42 | #2,051 |
| 1995 | — | — | 48 | #1,816 |
| 1994 | — | — | 43 | #1,939 |
| 1993 | — | — | 47 | #1,801 |
| 1992 | — | — | 69 | #1,362 |
| 1991 | — | — | 68 | #1,371 |
| 1990 | — | — | 76 | #1,272 |
| 1989 | — | — | 84 | #1,156 |
| 1988 | — | — | 76 | #1,159 |
| 1987 | — | — | 76 | #1,102 |
| 1986 | — | — | 59 | #1,260 |
| 1985 | — | — | 81 | #1,015 |
| 1984 | — | — | 74 | #1,035 |
| 1983 | — | — | 66 | #1,098 |
| 1982 | — | — | 90 | #945 |
| 1981 | — | — | 99 | #895 |
| 1980 | — | — | 86 | #971 |
| 1979 | — | — | 97 | #887 |
| 1978 | — | — | 113 | #800 |
| 1977 | — | — | 104 | #836 |
| 1976 | — | — | 104 | #820 |
| 1975 | — | — | 126 | #742 |
| 1974 | — | — | 131 | #716 |
| 1973 | — | — | 158 | #630 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,542 | 146 | #665 |
| 1971 | — | — | 198 | #582 |
| 1970 | — | — | 161 | #641 |
| 1969 | — | — | 176 | #584 |
| 1968 | — | — | 185 | #557 |
| 1967 | — | — | 189 | #544 |
| 1966 | — | — | 202 | #534 |
| 1965 | — | — | 235 | #498 |
| 1964 | — | — | 241 | #505 |
| 1963 | — | — | 273 | #483 |
| 1962 | — | — | 226 | #531 |
| 1961 | — | — | 256 | #495 |
| 1960 | — | — | 263 | #488 |
| 1959 | — | — | 340 | #433 |
| 1958 | — | — | 348 | #421 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,334 | 355 | #412 |
| 1956 | — | — | 314 | #426 |
| 1955 | — | — | 345 | #388 |
| 1954 | — | — | 348 | #382 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,707 | 354 | #365 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,082 | 363 | #357 |
| 1951 | — | — | 396 | #343 |
| 1950 | — | — | 344 | #363 |
| 1949 | — | — | 417 | #333 |
| 1948 | — | — | 386 | #341 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,906 | 455 | #322 |
| 1946 | — | — | 418 | #315 |
| 1945 | — | — | 416 | #294 |
| 1944 | — | — | 414 | #292 |
| 1943 | — | — | 498 | #273 |
| 1942 | — | — | 471 | #278 |
| 1941 | — | — | 506 | #247 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,027 | 470 | #253 |
| 1939 | — | — | 460 | #250 |
| 1938 | — | — | 473 | #249 |
| 1937 | — | — | 475 | #245 |
| 1936 | — | — | 491 | #231 |
| 1935 | — | — | 547 | #217 |
| 1934 | — | — | 527 | #225 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,390 | 537 | #214 |
| 1932 | — | — | 532 | #225 |
| 1931 | — | — | 566 | #220 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,904 | 609 | #213 |
| 1929 | — | — | 601 | #212 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,870 | 656 | #207 |
| 1927 | — | — | 677 | #205 |
| 1926 | — | — | 717 | #196 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,450 | 673 | #208 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,753 | 726 | #195 |
| 1923 | — | — | 772 | #183 |
| 1922 | — | — | 754 | #184 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,630 | 714 | #193 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,090 | 786 | #181 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,408 | 735 | #179 |
| 1918 | — | — | 663 | #191 |
| 1917 | — | — | 675 | #179 |
| 1916 | — | — | 662 | #181 |
| 1915 | — | — | 669 | #169 |
| 1914 | — | — | 450 | #188 |
| 1913 | — | — | 416 | #168 |
| 1912 | — | — | 342 | #172 |
| 1911 | — | — | 195 | #169 |
| 1910 | — | — | 183 | #166 |
| 1909 | — | — | 167 | #151 |
| 1908 | — | — | 121 | #178 |
| 1907 | — | — | 120 | #181 |
| 1906 | — | — | 85 | #207 |
| 1905 | — | — | 132 | #155 |
| 1904 | — | — | 100 | #182 |
| 1903 | — | — | 95 | #172 |
| 1902 | — | — | 108 | #163 |
| 1901 | — | — | 78 | #187 |
| 1900 | — | — | 125 | #169 |
| 1899 | — | — | 81 | #177 |
| 1898 | — | — | 87 | #181 |
| 1897 | — | — | 95 | #164 |
| 1896 | — | — | 96 | #166 |
| 1895 | — | — | 106 | #145 |
| 1894 | — | — | 97 | #159 |
| 1893 | — | — | 89 | #162 |
| 1892 | — | — | 93 | #171 |
| 1891 | — | — | 77 | #166 |
| 1890 | — | — | 89 | #159 |
| 1889 | — | — | 95 | #152 |
| 1888 | — | — | 98 | #155 |
| 1887 | — | — | 82 | #151 |
| 1886 | — | — | 94 | #149 |
| 1885 | — | — | 92 | #146 |
| 1884 | — | — | 90 | #152 |
| 1883 | — | — | 92 | #134 |
| 1882 | — | — | 99 | #140 |
| 1881 | — | — | 84 | #148 |
| 1880 | — | — | 79 | #166 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).