Adelbert
Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 28 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,373since 1880
Adelbert over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Adelbert has never cracked the top 300 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,116 | 39 |
| 1929 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | #1,078 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #842 | 61 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #817 | 68 |
| 1923 | #930 | 54 |
| 1922 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | #856 | 65 |
| 1920 | #947 | 53 |
| 1919 | #918 | 53 |
| 1918 | #667 | 86 |
| 1917 | #784 | 64 |
| 1916 | #757 | 65 |
| 1915 | #715 | 68 |
| 1914 | #678 | 56 |
| 1913 | #711 | 42 |
| 1912 | #800 | 30 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #634 | 21 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #518 | 16 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #498 | 14 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #462 | 16 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #479 | 14 |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #320 | 28 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adelbert was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 615 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 497 spots in 1886 (#462 → #959)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #320 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,946
- Highest: 1 in 3,946 boys born in 1880 were named Adelbert (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,740 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.0% of all boys named Adelbert (522) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 140 | #320 (1880) | #544 |
| 1890s | 106 | #489 (1890) | #667 |
| 1900s | 99 | #515 (1904) | #864 |
| 1910s | 501 | #634 (1910) | #749 |
| 1920s | 522 | #817 (1924) | #976 |
| 1930s | 357 | #887 (1931) | #1,134 |
| 1940s | 212 | #1,280 (1943) | #1,550 |
| 1950s | 140 | #1,657 (1950) | #2,231 |
| 1960s | 97 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,870 |
| 1970s | 112 | #2,124 (1973) | #3,473 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,615 (1980) | #5,553 |
| 1990s | 37 | #4,803 (1994) | #7,052 |
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.
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