Elbert
Elbert is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 134th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920786 births
- Best rank
- #134in 1883
- Since 1880
- 33,501people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,501 boys have been named Elbert in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 786 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 786 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 103 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elbert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 905 | |
| 1890s | 910 | |
| 1900s | 1,131 | |
| 1910s | 4,990 | |
| 1920s | 7,076 | |
| 1930s | 5,217 | |
| 1940s | 4,450 | |
| 1950s | 3,507 | |
| 1960s | 2,246 | |
| 1970s | 1,338 | |
| 1980s | 791 | |
| 1990s | 491 | |
| 2000s | 259 | |
| 2010s | 157 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Elbert was the 181st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Elbert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Horacepeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
- Clydepeak 1920
- Millardpeak 1922
- Willispeak 1924
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Louispeak 1921
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.