Elberta
Feminine · “noble and bright”
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How old is the name Elberta?
Elberta first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Elberta alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. About 300 people named Elberta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elberta most popular?
Elberta peaked in 1907, reaching #790 nationally. See the whole 1907 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Albert to Elberta
The story of Elberta
The man's name arrived in America through New York rather than through England. Elbert is the Dutch form of Albert, brought over by the settlers of New Netherland and used steadily in the Hudson valley long after the colony changed hands — which is why it appears in American records at rates that England never matched. A great many apparently English American names came by that route: the Dutch presence lasted only forty years as a colony and left a naming footprint that outlived it by three centuries.
Meaning
noble and bright
The man's name behind it joins two Germanic elements meaning noble and famous. The feminine ending is a Latin addition and contributes no sense of its own.
How the name formed
- Albert
- Elbert
- Elberta
Related forms: Elbert
Pronouncing Elberta
el-BUR-tuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The spelling gives no trouble once the stress is placed.
Nicknames for Elberta
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
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 192058 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #790reached in 1907
- Change vs 1971
- −25.0%6 in 1979, 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.
Elberta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elbert in Dutch — related form
Elbertas among us
people named Elberta 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
Elberta 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
- The meaning is transparent once the two elements are pointed out.
- Berta sits inside it as a short form used across Europe.
- It has a specific and rather charming American association.
- It shares its name with a fruit variety, which some will know.
- Alberta is commoner and gets substituted constantly.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elbertas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Elberta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Elberta in 2025?
- Elberta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Elberta with classmates?
- Elberta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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