Tolbert
Tolbert was last recorded in 1987, when 6 babies were given it; 792 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 1987 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tolbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tolbert?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,873, in 1987; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
25 babies in 1922, the peak
Tolbert peaked in 1922, when 25 boys were given it, #1,544 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | #6,873 | 3.2 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,992 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,707 | 3.7 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,281 | 5.1 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,814 | 3.2 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,932 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,937 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,380 | 2.7 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,969 | 2.8 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,531 | 4.0 |
Every recorded year (73)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 9 | #2,963 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,533 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,838 | 4.9 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,588 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 6 | #4,026 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,555 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,539 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,236 | 3.7 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,253 | 6.6 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,422 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,310 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,382 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,498 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,833 | 4.8 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,105 | 7.8 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,788 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,634 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 8 | #3,074 | 4.4 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,806 | 10.5 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,919 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,619 | 6.6 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,064 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,376 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,196 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,071 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,085 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,149 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,663 | 8.4 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,513 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,518 | 9.6 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,548 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,201 | 12.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,070 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,534 | 21.2 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,439 | 10.9 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,189 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,058 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,688 | 19.5 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,906 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,864 | 17.0 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,127 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,691 | 20.1 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,544 | 23.0 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,971 | 9.1 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,044 | 16.0 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,873 | 18.4 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,251 | 13.8 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,688 | 21.6 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,456 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,656 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,859 | 19.9 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,794 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,731 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,720 | 26.6 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,409 | 37.8 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,488 | 33.2 |
| 1894 | 7 | #944 | 60.5 |
| 1892 | 9 | #789 | 73.7 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,114 | 49.4 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,058 | 49.3 |
| 1886 | 7 | #839 | 63.2 |
| 1885 | 9 | #693 | 83.5 |
| 1881 | 6 | #856 | 59.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tolbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tolbert has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 73 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tolbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tolbert, and how old are they?
An estimated 218 Americans named Tolbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 59 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 323 people named Tolbert (9 women and girls, 314 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 271 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% 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.
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 Tolbert
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 Tolbert and names like it
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- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Tolbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tolbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
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