Thelbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thelbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 931 babies named Thelbert between 1908 and 1985, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thelbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thelbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 230 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Thelbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Thelbert in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thelbert 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 931 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.