Ethelbert
The boy's name Ethelbert has been in the national records since 1887, with 183 births to its name. It has not appeared in the national data since 1975. About 11 Ethelberts are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 77.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Ethelbert boys named Ethelbert
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 183
- Estimated living today
- 11
- Median age today
- 77
- Peak year
- 1916
- Best rank
- 2,043rd
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1887
- Girls / boys
- 5 / 178
How old the living Ethelberts are
born that year still alive today
Of the 183 babies given the name since 1887, about 11 are alive — 6 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1948 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Ethelberts
- Ethelbert William Bullinger (1837–1913)British Anglican clergyman, biblical scholar and theologian
People named Ethelbert with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Ethelbert is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1916
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Ethelbert against another name
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.