How rare is the name Elbert?

9,684 people in the United States have the first name Elbert, about 1 in 31,189. It ranks #2,513 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELBERT

#2,513

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,684
About
1 in 31,189
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,684 people named Elbert, 51.2% reported their origin as White, 36.5% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elbert peaked in 1920, when 793 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
793
In 2025*
9 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 33,608 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.

Elbert by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #352. The largest share of babies named Elbert, 35.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#352905
1890s#457910
1900s#4861,131
1910s#4254,996
1920s#4447,113
1930s#4995,232
1940s#6384,466
1950s#8623,525
1960s#1,1752,246
1970s#1,6461,344
1980s#2,509791
1990s#4,309491
2000s#8,393259
2010s#12,528157
2020s#19,83942
Before 19015.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419.2%
Generation X 1965–807.2%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–121.2%
2013 and later0.4%

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 Elbert is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elbert has been most common in Mississippi (5×), Arkansas (4.4×), and Alabama (4.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).

26,982 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 Elbert

#2,511 Zainab · 9,692#2,512 Cecile · 9,689#2,514 Sami · 9,683#2,515 Diann · 9,672

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elbert, most common first.

#21,875 Elber · 460#23,382 Elberta · 419#37,614 Elvert · 207#50,487 Elberto · 119

Also a last name

As a last name, Elbert ranks #10,031 of 156,621, with 3,066 people. See Elbert as a last name

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