Tolbert — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tolbert

The Social Security Administration has registered 792 babies named Tolbert between 1881 and 1987, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tolbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tolbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tolbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Tolbert in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tolbert 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 792 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.