Obert
Masculine
Obert is a rare name from the end of the nineteenth century, two firm syllables with the -bert of Albert and Herbert. Its Italian cousin Oberto was the title of Giuseppe Verdi's very first opera.
How old is the name Obert?
Obert first appears in US birth records in 1895 — 130 years ago. The typical Obert alive today was born around 1928, making them about 97 years old. About 200 people named Obert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Obert most popular?
Obert peaked in 1895, reaching #1079 nationally. See the whole 1895 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Obert
In 1839 a young, almost unknown composer from a village near Busseto saw his first opera staged at La Scala in Milan: Oberto, Count of San Bonifacio. It did well enough that La Scala commissioned more, and Giuseppe Verdi went on to write Rigoletto, La traviata and Aida. Obert shares its sound with that beginning. It is a short, sturdy name with the ring of the old Germanic -bert names in it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Obert may be Albert or Hubert worn down, or a German or Scandinavian surname used as a first name; nothing records which.
Pronouncing Obert
OH-bert
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Obert
Limited
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
- 1895
- Most boys named
- 192125 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1079reached in 1895
- Change vs 1987
- +83.3%11 in 1988, from 6
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.
Oberts among us
people named Obert 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
Obert 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
- Short and firm.
- Comes with Bert as a ready short form.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- People will hear Albert or Robert.
- It reads as a nineteenth-century name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Oberts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Obert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Obert in 2025?
- Obert is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Obert with classmates?
- Obert will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with O, all years combined.
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