Egbert
Egbert is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 469th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192147 births
- Best rank
- #469in 1880
- Since 1880
- 1,231people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,231 boys have been named Egbert in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Egbert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | |
| 1890s | 53 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 263 | |
| 1920s | 309 | |
| 1930s | 146 | |
| 1940s | 101 | |
| 1950s | 79 | |
| 1960s | 71 | |
| 1970s | 32 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 7 | |
| 2010s | 19 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Egbert was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Egbert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alvahpeak 1916
- Ernstpeak 1917
- Gustavpeak 1917
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Adelbertpeak 1918
- Thorntonpeak 1921
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Finispeak 1922
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.