Adelard

Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733

Peak · boys
1895 · 16 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
488
since 1884

Adelard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adelard has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #501, 1895boys
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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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1947#3,7335
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1944#3,4305
1943
1942#3,2126
1941
1940#2,8717
1939#3,4805
1938#2,4799
1937#3,5185
1936#2,4529
1935
1934#2,5639
1933#3,2686
1932#2,46510
1931#3,7635
1930#1,96415
1929#2,09614
1928#3,6976
1927#1,79619
1926#2,56611
1925#1,74520
1924#1,83919
1923#1,87418
1922#2,14315
1921#2,26514
1920#1,74720
1919#1,23033
1918#1,82718
1917#1,43724
1916#1,33526
1915#1,45422
1914#1,26022
1913#1,67611
1912#1,8858
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
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1903#1,1305
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1900#1,1626
1899#1,0515
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1895#50116
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889#7897
1888#1,0315
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1884#7647
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First appearance
1884

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.

See more about Adelard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1889 (#1,031#789)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1895 at #501 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1884–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,337
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Adelard (175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#764 (1884)#861
1890s31#501 (1895)#888
1900s11#1,130 (1903)#1,146
1910s175#1,230 (1919)#1,523
1920s156#1,745 (1925)#2,177
1930s73#1,964 (1930)#2,884
1940s23#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 1900

boys
#1,162
6 births · 1 in 25,079 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #1,162Adelard6
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 25,079 of them was named Adelard, which outranked 22.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adelard
  1. #1,050Woody7
  2. #1,050Wright7
  3. #1,050Zenas7
  4. #1,162Adelard6
  5. #1,162Acy6
  6. #1,162Alberta6
  7. #1,162Alcide6
  8. #1,310Abron5
  9. #1,310Agustus5
  10. #1,310Albertus5

Tied with 147 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900