# Norbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/norbert/  
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 | “north”, “bright” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Nobby, Norb |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,385 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20,379 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 199, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old High German nord (“north”) + beraht (“bright”).

## What it means

Norbert is grouped under light.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 6 | 4,441 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 7,967 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,455 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,421 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,604 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,521 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,640 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,450 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,478 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,500 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,907 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,248 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,901 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,496 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,387 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | 1,265 |
| 2010 | 14 | 1,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Norbert

- Norbert Wiener, American mathematician, scientist in cybernetics and artificial intelligence (1894–1964)
- Norbert Hofer, Austrian politician (born 1971)
- Norbert of Xanten, 12th‑century German bishop and founder of the Premonstratensians, Catholic saint, reformer
- Norbert Eder, German footballer (1955-2019)
- Norbert Nigbur, German footballer
- Norbert Meier, German football player
- Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (1924–2016)
- Norbert Hauata, football referee
- Norbert Leo Butz, American actor and singer
- Norbert Haug, German journalist and former motorsport manager of Mercedes-Benz
- Norbert Likulia Bolongo, Congolese politician
- Norbert Jokl, Austrian albanologist (1877-1942)

## 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.