# Adelbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adelbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,373 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Doublet of Albert and Ethelbert.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 12 | 3,203 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,558 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,849 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,618 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,599 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,503 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,536 |
| 1987 | 5 | 6,960 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,756 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,948 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,128 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,243 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,240 |
| 1994 | 12 | 4,806 |
| 1995 | 5 | 8,879 |

## People named Adelbert

- Otis Adelbert Kline, American science fiction writer (1891–1946)
- Adelbert Ames, Jr., American scientist (1880-1955)
- Adelbert Heinrich von Baudissin, German author (1820-1871)
- Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort, British Army officer and peer (1847–1924)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.