How rare is the name Norbert?

8,699 people in the United States have the first name Norbert, about 1 in 34,720. It ranks #2,700 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NORBERT

#2,700

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,699
About
1 in 34,720
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,699 people named Norbert, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Norbert peaked in 1924, when 635 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852024
Peak year
1924
Births that year
635
In 2024
14 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 20,385 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Norbert by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #490. The largest share of babies named Norbert, 38.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,94335
1890s#1,378133
1900s#1,196234
1910s#5732,879
1920s#4905,939
1930s#5754,142
1940s#8682,497
1950s#1,1961,919
1960s#1,6301,208
1970s#2,898519
1980s#4,349348
1990s#7,312231
2000s#12,016157
2010s#17,54893
2020s#17,86451
Before 19010.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2738.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4533.9%
Baby boom 1946–6417.6%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–121.2%
2013 and later0.6%

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 Norbert is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Norbert has been most common in Wisconsin (9.1×), Minnesota (3.3×), and Illinois (2.8×), and least common in Arizona (0.15×).

16,494 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.

Exactly as common as Norbert

1 other first name also has 8,699 people.

#2,700 Pavel · 8,699

Either side of Norbert

#2,698 Adelynn · 8,706#2,699 Tevin · 8,702#2,700 Pavel · 8,699#2,702 Alain · 8,688

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,399 Norberto · 10,382#13,226 Norberta · 919

Also a last name

As a last name, Norbert ranks #65,688 of 156,621, with 326 people. See Norbert as a last name

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