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Elbert

As a boy's name, Elbert is understood to mean "noble and bright". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. In total, about 31,720 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

EtymologyVariant of Albert
EtymologyMeaning "noble and bright"
Births by decade
1900s
1,131
1910s
4,996
1920s
7,113
1930s
5,229
1940s
4,463
1950s
3,525
1960s
2,247
1970s
1,344
1980s
791
1990s
491
2000s
258
2010s
132
Peaked in the 1920s · 31,720 total U.S. births since 1900