Norbert — #6183 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Norbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,377 babies named Norbert between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norbert currently holds the #6183 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 635 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,933 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Norbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 3,016 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Norbert in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norbert 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 20,377 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.