# Engelbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/engelbert/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Engelbeorht |
| US babies named this | 150 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 150 / 0 (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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 5 | 4,336 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,493 |
| 1970 | 15 | 2,428 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,104 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,738 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,211 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,815 |
| 1975 | 10 | 3,509 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,298 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,692 |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,419 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,627 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,749 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,119 |

## People named Engelbert

- Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front statesman (1892-1934)
- Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (1854–1921)
- Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist (1651–1716)
- Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186–1225)
- Engelbert Kraus, German footballer (1934-2016)
- Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, duke of Carinthia (11th century-1141)
- Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer, inventor and helicopter pioneer (1895–1955)
- Engelbert, Count of Nevers, French noble
- Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria, Austrian noble
- Engelbert Endrass, German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
- Engelbert Pigal, Austrian engineer and author
- Engelbert I, Count of the Mark, Count of the Mark

## 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.