Boys' name · peaked in 1932
Delbert name popularity since 1925
35,410 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Delbert. Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Delbert is about 82 years old in 2026. Delbert peaked in 1932 as the #151 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,410
- Named Delbert, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1932
- #151 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,901 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% boys
- 96 girls · 35,314 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 5.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Delbert made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Delbert births per year, 1925–2025
1932 was the biggest year for Delbert both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, Delbert's share of baby boys fell by 44%, from 1 in 6,660 to 1 in 11,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Delbert's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Delbert.
Decade by decade
Babies named Delbert in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 41 | 4,763 | – |
| 1930s | 28 | 9,167 | #165 |
| 1940s | 5 | 7,243 | #215 |
| 1950s | 6 | 6,004 | #280 |
| 1960s | 16 | 3,910 | #407 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,935 | #627 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,082 | #841 |
| 1990s | 0 | 593 | #1,459 |
| 2000s | 0 | 318 | #2,857 |
| 2010s | 0 | 199 | #4,432 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 100 | #6,901 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.4% of babies named Delbert from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Delbert is most popular
The index compares Delbert's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Delbert.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 5.11× | 1,441 |
| South Dakota | 4.69× | 479 |
| Kansas | 3.88× | 1,268 |
| Oklahoma | 3.84× | 1,603 |
| Nebraska | 3.22× | 725 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Delbert's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Delbert.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Delbert (1932).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data