# Delbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delbert/  
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 | 47,056 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46,930 / 126 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 10 | 3,166 |
| 1926 | 9 | 3,312 |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,346 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,299 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,756 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,563 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,354 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,895 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,467 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4,390 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4,699 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,439 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,573 |
| 1963 | 6 | 6,036 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,252 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,481 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,084 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,660 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,739 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,432 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,506 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,148 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,005 |
| 2020 | 26 | 3,944 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,607 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,935 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,512 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,256 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,901 |

## People named Delbert

- Delbert Mann, American television and film director (1920–2007)
- Delbert McClinton, American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and
- Sonny West, American actor, bodyguard for Elvis Presley
- Del Wilkes, All-American college football player, professional wrestler (1961-2021)

## 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.