Edilberto
Masculine
Edilberto is a Spanish or Italian form of a Germanic name that England knows in an older spelling. The king who carried it in Kent did two things at once that turned out to matter more than either looked at the time.
How old is the name Edilberto?
Edilberto first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Edilberto alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 700 people named Edilberto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Edilberto most popular?
Edilberto peaked in 1974, reaching #2358 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Edilberto
Æthelberht ruled Kent when the mission from Rome arrived, and he let it operate, was baptized, and gave it land at Canterbury. He also issued a law code, and it is the earliest document in the English language that survives: a list of offenses and the compensation owed for each, working methodically down the body from a man's hair to his toenail, with a price on every injury. It is not elegant, but it is a legal system written in English by English speakers about a century and a half after they arrived, and everything in English law is downstream of somebody deciding to write it down.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Germanic elements are usually read as noble and bright, and that reading is reasonably secure. This particular Spanish spelling is not documented directly and may be an adaptation of Adalberto.
Pronouncing Edilberto
eh-deel-BER-toh
Four syllables with the weight on the third. English speakers press the second instead.
Nicknames for Edilberto
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most boys named
- 199225 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2358reached in 1974
- Change vs 2020
- −37.5%5 in 2021, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Edilberto in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adalberto in Spanish — related form
- Adalberto in Italian — related form
- Adalbert in German — related form
Edilbertos among us
people named Edilberto are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Edilberto sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Beto is a ready short form that every Spanish-speaking household recognizes.
- Four open syllables make it unmistakable when spoken.
- The elements behind it are documented across a thousand years of European naming.
- Four syllables is a lot for an American form and it will be shortened by other people first.
- Adalberto and Edilberto are both in the record, so the spelling will be checked back with you.
- English readers will put the stress in the wrong place on first sight.
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Frequently asked
- How many Edilbertos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Edilberto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Edilberto in 2025?
- Edilberto is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Edilberto will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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