Ethelbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ethelbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Ethelbert between 1887 and 1975, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethelbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ethelbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ethelbert in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelbert 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 178 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.