Elbert
Elbert was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,438 among boys’ names; 33,608 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,540 Americans named Elbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 53 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elbert is “a male given name.”
A cognate of the more common Albert.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elbert?
#8,438 among boys’ names, 2025
Elbert fell from #5,806 in 2015 to #8,438 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 7.8 to 5.3 per million.
793 babies in 1920, the peak
Elbert peaked in 1920, when 793 babies were given it (786 boys, #181 among boys’ names). The 9 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,438 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,387 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,923 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,667 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,853 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,291 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,121 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,869 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,663 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,806 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | #6,081 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,347 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,786 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,041 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,562 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,628 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,437 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,718 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,394 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,334 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,665 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,756 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,700 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,751 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,539 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,814 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,878 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,178 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,046 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,811 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,267 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 76 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 90 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 99 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 86 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 97 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 113 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 104 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 104 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 126 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 131 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 158 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 146 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 198 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 161 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 176 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 185 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 189 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 202 | #534 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 235 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 241 | #505 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 273 | #483 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 226 | #531 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 256 | #495 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 263 | #488 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 340 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 348 | #421 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 355 | #411 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 314 | #425 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 345 | #387 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 348 | #381 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 354 | #364 | 0.18 |
| 1952 | 363 | #356 | 0.19 |
| 1951 | 396 | #342 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 344 | #362 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 417 | #333 | 0.24 |
| 1948 | 386 | #341 | 0.22 |
| 1947 | 455 | #322 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 418 | #315 | 0.26 |
| 1945 | 416 | #294 | 0.31 |
| 1944 | 414 | #292 | 0.30 |
| 1943 | 498 | #273 | 0.35 |
| 1942 | 471 | #278 | 0.34 |
| 1941 | 506 | #247 | 0.41 |
| 1940 | 470 | #253 | 0.41 |
| 1939 | 460 | #250 | 0.42 |
| 1938 | 473 | #249 | 0.43 |
| 1937 | 475 | #245 | 0.45 |
| 1936 | 491 | #231 | 0.47 |
| 1935 | 547 | #217 | 0.53 |
| 1934 | 527 | #225 | 0.51 |
| 1933 | 537 | #214 | 0.54 |
| 1932 | 532 | #225 | 0.51 |
| 1931 | 566 | #220 | 0.54 |
| 1930 | 609 | #213 | 0.55 |
| 1929 | 601 | #212 | 0.56 |
| 1928 | 656 | #207 | 0.59 |
| 1927 | 677 | #205 | 0.60 |
| 1926 | 717 | #196 | 0.65 |
| 1925 | 673 | #208 | 0.60 |
| 1924 | 726 | #195 | 0.64 |
| 1923 | 772 | #183 | 0.70 |
| 1922 | 754 | #184 | 0.69 |
| 1921 | 714 | #193 | 0.65 |
| 1920 | 786 | #181 | 0.74 |
| 1919 | 735 | #179 | 0.75 |
| 1918 | 663 | #191 | 0.65 |
| 1917 | 675 | #179 | 0.73 |
| 1916 | 662 | #181 | 0.74 |
| 1915 | 669 | #169 | 0.79 |
| 1914 | 450 | #188 | 0.69 |
| 1913 | 416 | #168 | 0.81 |
| 1912 | 342 | #172 | 0.80 |
| 1911 | 195 | #169 | 0.86 |
| 1910 | 183 | #166 | 0.94 |
| 1909 | 167 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 121 | #178 | 0.78 |
| 1907 | 120 | #181 | 0.82 |
| 1906 | 85 | #207 | 0.64 |
| 1905 | 132 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 100 | #182 | 0.78 |
| 1903 | 95 | #172 | 0.80 |
| 1902 | 108 | #163 | 0.88 |
| 1901 | 78 | #187 | 0.73 |
| 1900 | 125 | #169 | 0.83 |
| 1899 | 81 | #177 | 0.76 |
| 1898 | 87 | #181 | 0.71 |
| 1897 | 95 | #164 | 0.84 |
| 1896 | 96 | #166 | 0.80 |
| 1895 | 106 | #145 | 0.90 |
| 1894 | 97 | #159 | 0.84 |
| 1893 | 89 | #162 | 0.79 |
| 1892 | 93 | #171 | 0.76 |
| 1891 | 77 | #166 | 0.76 |
| 1890 | 89 | #159 | 0.80 |
| 1889 | 95 | #152 | 0.86 |
| 1888 | 98 | #155 | 0.81 |
| 1887 | 82 | #151 | 0.81 |
| 1886 | 94 | #149 | 0.85 |
| 1885 | 92 | #146 | 0.85 |
| 1884 | 90 | #152 | 0.79 |
| 1883 | 92 | #134 | 0.88 |
| 1882 | 99 | #140 | 0.87 |
| 1881 | 84 | #148 | 0.83 |
| 1880 | 79 | #166 | 0.71 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Elbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elbert has been given almost only to boys: 97 girls in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elbert, and how old are they?
9,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 33,608 Americans ever recorded as Elbert. The median Elbert alive today is 67 years old; half are between 53 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 9,684 people named Elbert (33 women and girls, 9,651 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,780 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% 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 | 1,660 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,040 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 404 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 144 |
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 Elbert born?
The states with the most babies named Elbert are Texas, North Carolina and Alabama, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,801 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 2,562 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Alabama | 2,214 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Mississippi | 1,727 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Kentucky | 1,645 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Georgia | 1,603 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 1,598 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Arkansas | 1,312 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Virginia | 1,185 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Louisiana | 1,019 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Elbert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elbert is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 Elbert 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 Elbert
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 Elbert and names like it
- Compare Elbert and HermanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElbert peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elbert since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Elbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.