Elbert — #7224 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,501 babies named Elbert between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elbert currently holds the #7224 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 786 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,076 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,801 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Elbert in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elbert 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 33,501 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.