Norbert

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Norbert is a Germanic given name and infrequent surname, from nord "north" and berht "bright".

From Wikipedia

Norbert first appears in the data in 1885 and has been recorded in 140 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1924 with 635 babies (rank #212 that year). In 2024 it was given to 14 boys (rank #6,359). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Norbert

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Norbert yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

20,383

Total babies (all years)

140

Years in the data

635

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Norbert

Norbert Eliasphilosopher of culture · b. 1897
Norbert Hofersystems engineer · b. 1971
Norbert Lammertuniversity teacher · b. 1948
Norbert of XantenCatholic theologian · b. 1080
Norbert Gyömbérassociation football player · b. 1992

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1885	6	#905
1886	7	#819
1887	5	#1,017
1888	9	#740
1889	8	#769
1890	9	#720
1891	11	#580
1892	11	#672
1893	11	#639
1894	10	#710
1895	18	#485
1896	12	#663
1897	16	#510
1898	22	#428
1899	13	#573
1900	21	#525
1901	15	#524
1902	22	#454
1903	13	#646
1904	14	#637
1905	29	#399
1906	25	#453
1907	28	#442
1908	31	#435
1909	36	#416
1910	39	#444
1911	55	#382
1912	126	#339
1913	204	#270
1914	288	#253
1915	332	#266
1916	436	#242
1917	466	#233
1918	484	#241
1919	449	#250
1920	515	#244
1921	577	#230
1922	628	#207
1923	602	#214
1924	635	#212
1925	609	#221
1926	581	#230
1927	603	#224
1928	599	#220
1929	584	#219
1930	559	#228
1931	501	#236
1932	470	#246
1933	425	#256
1934	421	#266
1935	400	#272
1936	368	#281
1937	333	#295
1938	335	#299
1939	330	#308
1940	287	#338
1941	265	#360
1942	308	#345
1943	271	#372
1944	243	#385
1945	196	#428
1946	236	#414
1947	255	#427
1948	210	#460
1949	227	#444
1950	213	#452
1951	214	#466
1952	201	#497
1953	217	#474
1954	203	#512
1955	190	#533
1956	170	#584
1957	173	#584
1958	167	#600
1959	170	#599
1960	181	#579
1961	152	#637
1962	135	#670
1963	145	#653
1964	128	#682
1965	111	#709
1966	106	#724
1967	98	#749
1968	64	#907
1969	87	#830
1970	81	#897
1971	76	#938
1972	49	#1,172
1973	54	#1,119
1974	51	#1,163
1975	50	#1,202
1976	34	#1,594
1977	41	#1,441
1978	47	#1,346
1979	36	#1,616
1980	48	#1,371
1981	37	#1,623
1982	39	#1,585
1983	26	#2,063
1984	39	#1,570
1985	27	#2,110
1986	36	#1,748
1987	37	#1,783
1988	29	#2,181
1989	30	#2,276
1990	31	#2,297
1991	25	#2,729
1992	27	#2,651
1993	26	#2,757
1994	24	#3,008
1995	24	#2,996
1996	21	#3,367
1997	19	#3,695
1998	18	#3,964
1999	16	#4,483
2000	15	#4,979
2001	20	#4,071
2002	14	#5,317
2003	17	#4,754
2004	18	#4,725
2005	18	#4,775
2006	19	#4,808
2007	13	#6,510
2008	13	#6,663
2009	10	#8,126
2010	10	#7,967
2011	9	#8,574
2012	7	#10,453
2013	7	#10,419
2014	9	#8,604
2015	9	#8,519
2016	5	#13,638
2017	8	#9,446
2018	11	#7,472
2019	17	#5,499
2020	10	#7,906
2021	14	#6,246
2022	6	#11,894
2023	7	#10,486
2024	14	#6,359