How popular is the name Norbert?

Norbert ranks 757th among boys' names in US records, with 20,394 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 101.

Is Norbert a unisex name?

No. Norbert is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1924, when 635 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#757 of boy names

Pronounced N AO1 R B ER0 T (ARPABET)

Norbert is a boys' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 20,394 children — the 757th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 101 births across the past decade, against a peak of 635 in a single year. That peak was in 1924.

1924Boys: 635Girls: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Norbert?: Norbert ranks 757th among boys' names in US records, with 20,394 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 101.
Is Norbert a unisex name?: No. Norbert is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Norbert most popular?: 1924, when 635 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.