Delbert
Boy · DEL-bert · Germanic
Delbert is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble and bright”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Delbert mean?
Germanic: probably a short form of Adelbert
“noble and bright”
Adelbert is the older Germanic form of Albert, built from words for noble and bright.
- Say it
- DEL-bert
Is Delbert a girl's or a boy's name?
Delbert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delbert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Delbert, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 1,038 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Delbert since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Delbert in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delbert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,451 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,507 |
| 1992 | 68 | #1,366 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,210 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,113 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,074 |
| 1987 | 85 | #1,029 |
| 1986 | 110 | #867 |
| 1985 | 114 | #839 |
| 1984 | 106 | #854 |
| 1983 | 135 | #743 |
| 1982 | 107 | #861 |
| 1981 | 131 | #760 |
| 1980 | 137 | #749 |
| 1979 | 150 | #698 |
| 1978 | 139 | #713 |
| 1977 | 171 | #648 |
| 1976 | 150 | #671 |
| 1975 | 167 | #625 |
| 1974 | 200 | #567 |
| 1973 | 234 | #508 |
| 1972 | 218 | #539 |
| 1971 | 251 | #515 |
| 1970 | 255 | #505 |
| 1969 | 267 | #467 |
| 1968 | 282 | #456 |
| 1967 | 322 | #424 |
| 1966 | 366 | #391 |
| 1965 | 373 | #407 |
| 1964 | 398 | #397 |
| 1963 | 437 | #381 |
| 1962 | 497 | #354 |
| 1961 | 478 | #363 |
| 1960 | 490 | #353 |
| 1959 | 557 | #330 |
| 1958 | 568 | #323 |
| 1957 | 567 | #323 |
| 1956 | 617 | #298 |
| 1955 | 654 | #280 |
| 1954 | 606 | #289 |
| 1953 | 616 | #284 |
| 1952 | 641 | #273 |
| 1951 | 609 | #274 |
| 1950 | 569 | #277 |
| 1949 | 608 | #265 |
| 1948 | 693 | #246 |
| 1947 | 724 | #244 |
| 1946 | 678 | #231 |
| 1945 | 641 | #215 |
| 1944 | 745 | #200 |
| 1943 | 788 | #204 |
| 1942 | 797 | #197 |
| 1941 | 756 | #192 |
| 1940 | 813 | #180 |
| 1939 | 843 | #174 |
| 1938 | 874 | #169 |
| 1937 | 909 | #161 |
| 1936 | 882 | #163 |
| 1935 | 861 | #165 |
| 1934 | 894 | #163 |
| 1933 | 921 | #157 |
| 1932 | 1,038 | #151 |
| 1931 | 932 | #159 |
| 1930 | 1,013 | #151 |
| 1929 | 962 | #157 |
| 1928 | 1,023 | #154 |
| 1927 | 964 | #159 |
| 1926 | 916 | #163 |
| 1925 | 898 | #167 |
| 1924 | 988 | #161 |
| 1923 | 997 | #156 |
| 1922 | 976 | #162 |
| 1921 | 972 | #156 |
| 1920 | 982 | #150 |
| 1919 | 848 | #157 |
| 1918 | 833 | #164 |
| 1917 | 775 | #162 |
| 1916 | 743 | #161 |
| 1915 | 630 | #179 |
| 1914 | 472 | #184 |
| 1913 | 369 | #184 |
| 1912 | 325 | #180 |
| 1911 | 140 | #209 |
| 1910 | 122 | #210 |
| 1909 | 91 | #226 |
| 1908 | 92 | #216 |
| 1907 | 88 | #215 |
| 1906 | 89 | #197 |
| 1905 | 72 | #228 |
| 1904 | 59 | #247 |
| 1903 | 50 | #257 |
| 1902 | 51 | #259 |
| 1901 | 38 | #277 |
| 1900 | 44 | #319 |
| 1899 | 49 | #238 |
| 1898 | 48 | #255 |
| 1897 | 42 | #279 |
| 1896 | 46 | #265 |
| 1895 | 33 | #316 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 31 | #312 |
| 1892 | 43 | #274 |
| 1891 | 37 | #265 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 32 | #305 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 30 | #311 |
| 1885 | 42 | #256 |
| 1884 | 46 | #254 |
| 1883 | 43 | #245 |
| 1882 | 46 | #248 |
| 1881 | 27 | #313 |
| 1880 | 44 | #249 |
Nicknames for Delbert
Names like Delbert
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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