Delbert
Delbert is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 150th, in 1920.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19321,038 births
- Best rank
- #150in 1920
- Since 1880
- 46,918people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,918 boys have been named Delbert in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1932, with 1,038 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 1,038 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Delbert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 383 | |
| 1890s | 387 | |
| 1900s | 674 | |
| 1910s | 5,257 | |
| 1920s | 9,678 | |
| 1930s | 9,167 | |
| 1940s | 7,243 | |
| 1950s | 6,004 | |
| 1960s | 3,910 | |
| 1970s | 1,935 | |
| 1980s | 1,082 | |
| 1990s | 593 | |
| 2000s | 318 | |
| 2010s | 199 | |
| 2020s | 88 |
In 1932, its biggest year
Delbert was the 151st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1932 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1932.
Names that rose and fell with Delbert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Normanpeak 1928
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Eugenepeak 1927
- Vernonpeak 1920
- Mervinpeak 1920
- Elroypeak 1922
- Delmarpeak 1931
- Melvinpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.