Boys' name · peaked in 1909
Elbert name popularity since 1925
21,893 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elbert. Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Elbert is about 81 years old in 2026. Elbert peaked in 1909 as the #151 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,893
- Named Elbert, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1909
- #151 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,442 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% boys
- 70 girls · 21,823 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 5.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Elbert 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.
Elbert births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Elbert peaked earlier, in 1909.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, Elbert's share of baby boys fell by 41%, from 1 in 8,930 to 1 in 15,100.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Elbert's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elbert.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elbert 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 | 16 | 3,324 | – |
| 1930s | 15 | 5,217 | #217 |
| 1940s | 15 | 4,451 | #294 |
| 1950s | 18 | 3,507 | #388 |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,246 | #498 |
| 1970s | 6 | 1,338 | #742 |
| 1980s | 0 | 791 | #1,015 |
| 1990s | 0 | 491 | #1,816 |
| 2000s | 0 | 259 | #3,338 |
| 2010s | 0 | 157 | #5,810 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 42 | #8,442 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.4% of babies named Elbert from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Elbert is most popular
The index compares Elbert'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 Elbert.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5.47× | 1,255 |
| Alabama | 4.58× | 1,535 |
| Arkansas | 4.31× | 839 |
| North Carolina | 3.41× | 1,831 |
| Kentucky | 3.27× | 1,038 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elbert's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elbert.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elbert (1909).
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