Filbert

Boy · recorded 1915–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Filbert.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

061219151938196019832005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Filbert, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19159
19169
19179
19186
19197
19219
19226
19237
19249
19256
19267
19277
19288
19307
19315
19339
19348
19359
19366
19379
193812
19397
19406
19417
19427
19436
19454
19466
19477
19486
19493
19503
19514
19526
19533
19544
19555
19566
19572
19584
19597
19615
19623
19633
19644
19664
19673
19694
19706
19715
19723
19753
19763
19774
19843
19873
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Filbert isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1915
452

Filbert was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Filbert doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.