Norbert
Norbert was last recorded in 2024, when 14 babies were given it; 20,385 Americans have been recorded with it between 1885 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,090 Americans named Norbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 56 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Norbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Norbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Norbert is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the senses “north” (nord) and “bright” (beraht).
From Old High German nord (“north”) + beraht (“bright”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Norbert?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,382, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
635 babies in 1924, the peak
Norbert peaked in 1924, when 635 boys were given it, #212 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #6,382 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 7 | #10,491 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #11,895 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,243 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,902 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,496 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,474 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,445 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #13,634 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,516 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | #8,598 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,416 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,449 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,912 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,961 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,124 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,659 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,509 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,804 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,772 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,723 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,749 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,310 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #4,065 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,972 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,478 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,960 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,690 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,363 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,992 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 24 | #3,002 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,750 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,645 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,723 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,292 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,270 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,176 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,781 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,060 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,172 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 76 | #938 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 81 | #897 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 87 | #830 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 64 | #907 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 98 | #749 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 106 | #724 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 111 | #709 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 129 | #680 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 145 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 135 | #670 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 152 | #636 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 181 | #578 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 170 | #598 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 167 | #599 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 173 | #583 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 170 | #583 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 190 | #532 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 203 | #511 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 217 | #473 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 201 | #496 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 215 | #465 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 213 | #451 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 227 | #443 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 209 | #461 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 255 | #427 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 236 | #414 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 196 | #428 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 243 | #385 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 271 | #372 | 0.19 |
| 1942 | 308 | #345 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 265 | #360 | 0.22 |
| 1940 | 287 | #338 | 0.25 |
| 1939 | 330 | #308 | 0.30 |
| 1938 | 335 | #299 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | 333 | #295 | 0.31 |
| 1936 | 368 | #281 | 0.35 |
| 1935 | 400 | #272 | 0.38 |
| 1934 | 421 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1933 | 425 | #256 | 0.43 |
| 1932 | 470 | #246 | 0.45 |
| 1931 | 501 | #236 | 0.48 |
| 1930 | 559 | #228 | 0.51 |
| 1929 | 584 | #219 | 0.54 |
| 1928 | 599 | #220 | 0.54 |
| 1927 | 603 | #224 | 0.54 |
| 1926 | 581 | #230 | 0.52 |
| 1925 | 609 | #221 | 0.55 |
| 1924 | 635 | #212 | 0.56 |
| 1923 | 602 | #214 | 0.55 |
| 1922 | 628 | #207 | 0.58 |
| 1921 | 577 | #230 | 0.52 |
| 1920 | 515 | #244 | 0.48 |
| 1919 | 449 | #250 | 0.46 |
| 1918 | 484 | #241 | 0.48 |
| 1917 | 466 | #233 | 0.50 |
| 1916 | 436 | #242 | 0.49 |
| 1915 | 332 | #266 | 0.39 |
| 1914 | 288 | #253 | 0.44 |
| 1913 | 204 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1912 | 126 | #339 | 0.29 |
| 1911 | 55 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 39 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 36 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 31 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1907 | 28 | #442 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 25 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1905 | 29 | #399 | 0.22 |
| 1904 | 14 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 13 | #646 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 22 | #454 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 15 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 21 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 13 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 22 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 16 | #510 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 12 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 18 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 10 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 11 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 11 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 11 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 9 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 8 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 9 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 7 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 6 | #904 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Norbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Norbert has been given almost only to boys: 6 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Norbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Norbert, and how old are they?
5,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 25% of the 20,385 Americans ever recorded as Norbert. The median Norbert alive today is 69 years old; half are between 56 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 8,699 people named Norbert (10 women and girls, 8,689 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,571 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,060 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,310 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 453 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 233 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 116 |
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 Norbert born?
The states with the most babies named Norbert are Wisconsin, Illinois and New York, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 3,016 | not ranked | 6.1× |
| Illinois | 2,262 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 1,610 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,436 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 1,428 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,167 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 1,023 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Missouri | 697 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 579 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Iowa | 457 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Norbert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Norbert is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 6.1 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 Norbert 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 Norbert
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 Norbert and names like it
- Compare Norbert and HarroldBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNorbert peaked in 1924.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Norbert since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Norbert: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Norbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Norbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.