Halbert
Halbert was last recorded in 1995, when 5 babies were given it; 1,137 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 1995 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Halbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Halbert?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,351, in 1995; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
29 babies in 1923, the peak
Halbert peaked in 1923, when 29 boys were given it, #1,369 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | #9,351 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,995 | 3.1 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,356 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,695 | 2.6 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,360 | 3.8 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,972 | 5.6 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,233 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,135 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,660 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,028 | 4.1 |
Every recorded year (81)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | #6,153 | 3.0 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,781 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,931 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,132 | 7.7 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,664 | 5.7 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,091 | 7.1 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,445 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,234 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,998 | 3.8 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,159 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,373 | 7.5 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,705 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,530 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,682 | 3.2 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,466 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,244 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,221 | 6.8 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,028 | 8.0 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,832 | 9.4 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,886 | 8.9 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,056 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,652 | 11.1 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,775 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,584 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,787 | 9.3 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,923 | 8.6 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,499 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,294 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,447 | 14.5 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,515 | 5.6 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,905 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,670 | 11.5 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,841 | 9.9 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,173 | 8.2 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,118 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,022 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,904 | 10.9 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,656 | 14.7 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,838 | 12.9 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,699 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,740 | 7.2 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,553 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,730 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,075 | 12.5 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,967 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,620 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,210 | 6.7 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,735 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,119 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,543 | 21.4 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,929 | 15.3 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,143 | 13.3 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,489 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,358 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,652 | 20.3 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,369 | 26.5 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,669 | 20.2 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,465 | 24.5 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,786 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,398 | 27.5 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,512 | 23.7 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,458 | 25.9 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,436 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,104 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,313 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,399 | 29.3 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,304 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,448 | 31.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,285 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #957 | 61.3 |
| 1881 | 5 | #928 | 49.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Halbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Halbert has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 81 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Halbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Halbert, and how old are they?
An estimated 439 Americans named Halbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 54 and 74. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 517 people named Halbert (0 women and girls, 517 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 517 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
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 Halbert
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 Halbert and names like it
- Compare Halbert and ArneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHalbert peaked in 1923.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Halbert since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Halbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Halbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.