Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Elbert

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elbert
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.6% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

786

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

98.6%

2024

All-time

33,501

Elbert once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 786 boys were named Elbert.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 98.6% from its peak.

All told, about 33,501 Americans have been named Elbert and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.6% from peak

1920786 boys named Elbert

202411 boys named Elbert

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