Adelbert

Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868

Peak · boys
1880 · 28 births
Debut · boys
28 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,373
since 1880

Adelbert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adelbert has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #320, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1995#8,8685
1994#4,80312
1993—
1992#5,23610
1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
1989#6,9416
1988#5,7517
1987#6,9515
1986—
1985#6,5235
1984—
1983#4,4998
1982#4,5938
1981—
1980#3,61511
1979#4,8427
1978#4,5547
1977#3,20312
1976#5,5875
1975#3,24611
1974#3,31810
1973#2,12419
1972#2,41815
1971#2,36616
1970#3,07110
1969#2,86110
1968#2,20014
1967#2,47011
1966#3,9485
1965#3,2447
1964#2,8549
1963#2,8589
1962#2,03516
1961#3,3567
1960#2,8719
1959#2,41412
1958#2,37012
1957#2,27413
1956#3,2167
1955#2,55810
1954#1,82618
1953#1,70920
1952#2,51410
1951#1,77418
1950#1,65720
1949#1,70219
1948#1,70319
1947#1,73319
1946#1,60120
1945#1,49420
1944#1,57419
1943#1,28029
1942#1,35826
1941#1,68517
1940#1,36824
1939#1,21929
1938#1,52120
1937#1,11934
1936#1,18231
1935#1,16532
1934#1,18931
1933#1,02839
1932#91550
1931#88752
1930#1,11639
1929#94051
1928#1,07842
1927#1,19836
1926#84261
1925#1,24633
1924#81768
1923#93054
1922#90559
1921#85665
1920#94753
1919#91853
1918#66786
1917#78464
1916#75765
1915#71568
1914#67856
1913#71142
1912#80030
1911#82416
1910#63421
1909#95110
1908#87710
1907#81511
1906#61315
1905#1,0027
1904#51518
1903#1,1305
1902#74410
1901#9436
1900#1,0507
1899#66110
1898#63512
1897#7259
1896#51816
1895#8727
1894#7309
1893#61511
1892#7928
1891#6359
1890#48915
1889#49814
1888#64810
1887#6798
1886#9595
1885#46216
1884#45017
1883#47914
1882#48914
1881#46014
1880#32028
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.

Where Adelbert is popular in 1969

No state had 5 or more boys named Adelbert in 1969, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Adelbert
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s140#320 (1880)#544
1890s106#489 (1890)#667
1900s99#515 (1904)#864
1910s501#634 (1910)#749
1920s522#817 (1924)#976
1930s357#887 (1931)#1,134
1940s212#1,280 (1943)#1,550
1950s140#1,657 (1950)#2,231
1960s97#2,035 (1962)#2,870
1970s112#2,124 (1973)#3,473
1980s50#3,615 (1980)#5,553
1990s37#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.

Adelbert in 1969

boys
#2,861
10 births · 1 in 178,817 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #2,861Adelbert10
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 178,817 of them was named Adelbert, which outranked 43.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adelbert
  1. #2,682Wray11
  2. #2,682Yolanda11
  3. #2,682Zev11
  4. #2,861Adelbert10
  5. #2,861Ace10
  6. #2,861Adams10
  7. #2,861Adonis10
  8. #3,062Acie9
  9. #3,062Aden9
  10. #3,062Adolf9

Tied with 200 names at #2,861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969 →