Engelbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Engelbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Engelbert between 1913 and 1995, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Engelbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Engelbert performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Engelbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Engelbert in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Engelbert 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 150 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.