How Many People Are Named Norbert?
people named Norbert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,385 babies named Norbert in Social Security records from 1885 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
635 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements nord "north" and beraht "bright". This was the name of an 11th-century German saint who made many reforms within the church.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Norbert in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Norbert alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 78 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Norbert first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1924, to 635 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2024
๐ Rank History
Norbert has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #207, in 1922.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #207 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #222 in the 1920s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Norbert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Norbert were born in Wisconsin than in any other state: about 473 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Norbert was given 7.9 times as often in Wisconsin, 3 times in Minnesota and 2.5 times in Illinois.
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