first name
DELBERT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,746 people named Delbert, 81.4% reported their origin as White, 9% as Black and 3.5% as American Indian or Alaska Native. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delbert peaked in 1932, when 1,038 babies got the name.
At least 47,056 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Delbert by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #360. The largest share of babies named Delbert, 33.4%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Delbert is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delbert has been most common in West Virginia (5×), South Dakota (4.7×), and Kansas (3.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.05×).
41,383 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Delbert
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delbert, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Delbert ranks #83,650 of 156,621, with 242 people. See Delbert as a last name
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