How Many People Are Named Elbert?
people named Elbert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 34,744 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,608 babies named Elbert in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
793 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Dutch variant of ADELBERT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Elbert (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elbert alive today is about 63 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elbert first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 793 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elbert has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #134, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #8,438.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,438 |
| Best rank | #134 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #194 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elbert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elbert were born in Texas than in any other state: about 860 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elbert was given 3.6 times as often in Mississippi, 3.4 times in Alabama and 3.2 times in Arkansas.
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