Egbert
Egbert was last recorded in 2017, when 9 babies were given it; 1,231 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Egbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Egbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Egbert is “a male given name from Old English.” Its etymology gives the senses “edge (of a blade)” (ecg) and “bright” (beorht).
From Old English Ecgberht, name of early English kings, from Old English ecg (“edge (of a blade)”) + beorht (“bright”) or Proto-Germanic *Agjōberhtaz.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Egbert?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,330, in 2017; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
47 babies in 1921, the peak
Egbert peaked in 1921, when 47 boys were given it, #1,021 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | #8,330 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,748 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,802 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,227 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,257 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,283 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,536 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,699 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,541 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,886 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (93)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | #4,560 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,729 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,095 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,133 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,064 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,645 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,911 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,721 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,449 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,579 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,368 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,888 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,678 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,631 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,552 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,585 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,176 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,541 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,496 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,139 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,719 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,819 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,352 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,208 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,532 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,219 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,911 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,765 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,675 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,902 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,062 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,125 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,127 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,542 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,813 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 26 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,554 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,211 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,341 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 12 | #856 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,259 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 9 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,285 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,101 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,091 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 7 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 6 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 11 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 9 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 10 | #637 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 8 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 8 | #716 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 8 | #721 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 7 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 8 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 7 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 7 | #726 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 15 | #469 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Egbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Egbert has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 93 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Egbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Egbert, and how old are they?
An estimated 247 Americans named Egbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 50 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 740 people named Egbert (8 women and girls, 732 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 308 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Egbert
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 Egbert and names like it
- Compare Egbert and HumphreyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEgbert peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Egbert since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Egbert: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Egbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Egbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.