Bard
- Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 218since 1920
Bard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bard has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
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| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
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| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Bard! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1938, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bard is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Bard in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1947 at #2,356 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 142,941
- Highest: 1 in 142,941 boys born in 1970 were named Bard (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,356 in 1947, was only 1 in 166,327 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 36.2% of all boys named Bard (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 11 | #3,869 (1921) | #4,078 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,113 |
| 1940s | 28 | #2,356 (1947) | #3,060 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,367 (1951) | #3,041 |
| 1960s | 55 | #2,848 (1962) | #3,423 |
| 1970s | 39 | #2,621 (1970) | #4,284 |
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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