Delbert — #6172 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Delbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,918 babies named Delbert between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delbert currently holds the #6172 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 1,038 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9,678 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Delbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 3,030 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Delbert in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delbert 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 46,918 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.