Norbert
Norbert is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 207th, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924635 births
- Best rank
- #207in 1922
- Since 1885
- 20,377people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,377 boys have been named Norbert in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 635 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 635 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 29%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Norbert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | |
| 1890s | 133 | |
| 1900s | 234 | |
| 1910s | 2,879 | |
| 1920s | 5,933 | |
| 1930s | 4,142 | |
| 1940s | 2,498 | |
| 1950s | 1,918 | |
| 1960s | 1,207 | |
| 1970s | 519 | |
| 1980s | 348 | |
| 1990s | 231 | |
| 2000s | 157 | |
| 2010s | 92 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Norbert was the 212th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Norbert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harroldpeak 1923
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Lavernpeak 1924
- Merlinpeak 1927
- Delmerpeak 1924
- Eldenpeak 1922
- Winfordpeak 1928
- Melfordpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.