Colbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Colbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 839 babies named Colbert between 1886 and 2012, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colbert performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Colbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Colbert in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colbert in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 839 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.