Adelard
Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 488since 1884
Adelard over time
Rank among boys' names. Adelard has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
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| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
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| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,230 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
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| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
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| 1895 | #501 | 16 |
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| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
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| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
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| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
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| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Adelard! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Adelard is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#253 · 1 in 5,753
Best ever in a state: #90 in New Hampshire, 1919.
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| Massachusetts | #253 | 5 | 1 in 5,753 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adelard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1889 (#1,031 → #789)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1895 at #501 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1884–1895
- Highest: 1 in 7,337 boys born in 1895 were named Adelard (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 365,920 boys born in 1947 (0.00%)
- 35.9% of all boys named Adelard (175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #764 (1884) | #861 |
| 1890s | 31 | #501 (1895) | #888 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,146 |
| 1910s | 175 | #1,230 (1919) | #1,523 |
| 1920s | 156 | #1,745 (1925) | #2,177 |
| 1930s | 73 | #1,964 (1930) | #2,884 |
| 1940s | 23 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,312 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adelard in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
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1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 123,239 of them was named Adelard, which outranked 38.6% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,326Wilferd10
- #2,326Wymon10
- #2,326Zollie10
- #2,479Adelard9
- #2,479Addie9
- #2,479Adelaido9
- #2,479Alberta9
- #2,646Abbott8
- #2,646Addis8
- #2,646Adron8
Tied with 166 names at #2,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.