Delbert
Delbert was given to 12 boys in 2025, #6,897 among boys’ names; 47,056 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,300 Americans named Delbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Delbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Delbert is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Delbert?
#6,897 among boys’ names, 2025
Delbert fell from #4,430 in 2015 to #6,897 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 7.0 per million.
1,038 babies in 1932, the peak
Delbert peaked in 1932, when 1,038 boys were given it, #151 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,897 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,251 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,507 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,931 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,602 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,941 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,001 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,144 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,631 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,505 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,430 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,735 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,657 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,078 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,476 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,266 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,463 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,163 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,038 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,539 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,853 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,957 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,937 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,562 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,941 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,814 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,358 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,465 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,101 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,113 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,454 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,510 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 68 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,280 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 85 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 110 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 114 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 106 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 135 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 107 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 131 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 137 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 150 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 139 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 171 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 150 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 167 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 200 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 234 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 218 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 251 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 255 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 267 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 282 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 322 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 366 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 373 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 398 | #397 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 437 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 497 | #354 | 0.24 |
| 1961 | 478 | #363 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 490 | #353 | 0.23 |
| 1959 | 557 | #330 | 0.26 |
| 1958 | 568 | #323 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 567 | #323 | 0.26 |
| 1956 | 617 | #298 | 0.29 |
| 1955 | 654 | #280 | 0.32 |
| 1954 | 606 | #289 | 0.30 |
| 1953 | 616 | #284 | 0.31 |
| 1952 | 641 | #273 | 0.33 |
| 1951 | 609 | #274 | 0.32 |
| 1950 | 569 | #278 | 0.32 |
| 1949 | 608 | #265 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 693 | #246 | 0.39 |
| 1947 | 724 | #244 | 0.40 |
| 1946 | 678 | #231 | 0.42 |
| 1945 | 641 | #215 | 0.48 |
| 1944 | 745 | #200 | 0.55 |
| 1943 | 788 | #204 | 0.55 |
| 1942 | 797 | #197 | 0.58 |
| 1941 | 756 | #192 | 0.62 |
| 1940 | 813 | #180 | 0.70 |
| 1939 | 843 | #174 | 0.76 |
| 1938 | 874 | #169 | 0.79 |
| 1937 | 909 | #161 | 0.85 |
| 1936 | 882 | #163 | 0.85 |
| 1935 | 861 | #165 | 0.83 |
| 1934 | 894 | #163 | 0.87 |
| 1933 | 921 | #157 | 0.93 |
| 1932 | 1,038 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 932 | #159 | 0.90 |
| 1930 | 1,013 | #151 | 0.92 |
| 1929 | 962 | #157 | 0.89 |
| 1928 | 1,023 | #154 | 0.92 |
| 1927 | 964 | #159 | 0.86 |
| 1926 | 916 | #163 | 0.82 |
| 1925 | 898 | #167 | 0.80 |
| 1924 | 988 | #161 | 0.87 |
| 1923 | 997 | #156 | 0.91 |
| 1922 | 976 | #162 | 0.90 |
| 1921 | 972 | #156 | 0.88 |
| 1920 | 982 | #150 | 0.92 |
| 1919 | 848 | #157 | 0.87 |
| 1918 | 833 | #164 | 0.82 |
| 1917 | 775 | #162 | 0.84 |
| 1916 | 743 | #161 | 0.83 |
| 1915 | 630 | #179 | 0.74 |
| 1914 | 472 | #184 | 0.72 |
| 1913 | 369 | #184 | 0.72 |
| 1912 | 325 | #180 | 0.76 |
| 1911 | 140 | #209 | 0.62 |
| 1910 | 122 | #212 | 0.63 |
| 1909 | 91 | #226 | 0.55 |
| 1908 | 92 | #216 | 0.60 |
| 1907 | 88 | #215 | 0.60 |
| 1906 | 89 | #197 | 0.67 |
| 1905 | 72 | #229 | 0.54 |
| 1904 | 59 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1903 | 50 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1902 | 51 | #259 | 0.42 |
| 1901 | 38 | #279 | 0.36 |
| 1900 | 44 | #319 | 0.29 |
| 1899 | 49 | #238 | 0.46 |
| 1898 | 48 | #256 | 0.39 |
| 1897 | 42 | #279 | 0.37 |
| 1896 | 46 | #266 | 0.38 |
| 1895 | 33 | #320 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 30 | #324 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 31 | #313 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 43 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1891 | 37 | #265 | 0.37 |
| 1890 | 28 | #329 | 0.25 |
| 1889 | 32 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1888 | 45 | #265 | 0.37 |
| 1887 | 28 | #312 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 30 | #313 | 0.27 |
| 1885 | 42 | #257 | 0.39 |
| 1884 | 46 | #254 | 0.40 |
| 1883 | 43 | #248 | 0.41 |
| 1882 | 46 | #250 | 0.40 |
| 1881 | 27 | #314 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 44 | #250 | 0.40 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Delbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delbert has been given almost only to boys: 126 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Delbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delbert, and how old are they?
15,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 47,056 Americans ever recorded as Delbert. The median Delbert alive today is 68 years old; half are between 56 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 16,746 people named Delbert (37 women and girls, 16,709 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,957 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,810 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,350 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 481 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 240 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Delbert born?
The states with the most babies named Delbert are Ohio, Illinois and Texas, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3,030 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 2,737 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 2,586 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 2,258 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 2,180 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Oklahoma | 2,121 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Kentucky | 2,050 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Indiana | 2,002 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| West Virginia | 1,932 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Iowa | 1,902 | not ranked | 2.2× |
Where Delbert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delbert is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delbert with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delbert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delbert and names like it
- Compare Delbert and NormanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sDelbert peaked in 1932.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delbert since 1910.
- The top names of 1932The year the most babies were named Delbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.