Engelbert
Notable people with name Engelbert include:
- German
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Engelbert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Notable people with name Engelbert include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Germanic
The Story of Engelbert
The earliest SSA record of Engelbert as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Engelbert — #2,399 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Engelberts. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1995 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 150 Engelberts have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Engelbert
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Engelbert. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Angilbert
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About the name Engelbert
Engelbert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 150 births in the dataset. Engelbert's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #2,399. Use the chart and map above to compare Engelbert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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