Abelardo
Abelardo was given to 44 boys in 2025, #2,833 among boys’ names; 4,816 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,790 Americans named Abelardo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 19 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Abelardo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Abelardo mean?
Wiktionary, Portuguese section
Abelardo is “a male given name, equivalent to English Abelard”
Borrowed from French Abélard.
/a.beˈlaʁ.du/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Portuguese section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Abelardo?
#2,833 among boys’ names, 2025
Abelardo fell from #2,275 in 2015 to #2,833 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 30.3 to 25.8 per million.
99 babies in 2002, the peak
Abelardo peaked in 2002, when 99 boys were given it, #1,329 among boys’ names. The 44 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,833 | 25.8 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,958 | 24.4 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,615 | 29.2 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,563 | 30.4 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 | 28.0 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 | 35.9 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 | 36.2 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 | 29.2 |
| 2017 | 75 | #1,918 | 40.5 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 | 39.0 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 | 30.3 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 | 27.6 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,527 | 25.4 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 | 26.4 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,798 | 22.1 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,453 | 16.2 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 | 22.7 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 | 27.0 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,952 | 34.7 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,398 | 24.8 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 | 31.5 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,205 | 26.2 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 | 30.9 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 | 51.0 |
| 2001 | 77 | #1,560 | 39.6 |
| 2000 | 58 | #1,826 | 29.5 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,856 | 27.6 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 | 29.8 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,577 | 33.9 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 | 45.9 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,333 | 40.4 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,349 | 38.3 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,283 | 39.8 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 | 33.0 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,539 | 27.7 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 | 29.2 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,377 | 31.5 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,572 | 24.0 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 | 22.5 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 | 27.7 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 | 25.4 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 | 27.7 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,144 | 34.6 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 | 27.6 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 | 27.4 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,342 | 27.5 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 | 32.5 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 | 26.8 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 | 26.8 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 | 33.1 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 | 34.6 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 | 28.0 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 | 32.1 |
| 1972 | 68 | #984 | 41.9 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 | 25.4 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,132 | 28.5 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 | 24.0 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 | 16.1 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 | 24.1 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 | 23.0 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,055 | 26.3 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 | 17.6 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 | 17.4 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,135 | 22.6 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 | 23.0 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 | 18.7 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 | 11.8 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,021 | 25.5 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 | 25.1 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 | 14.1 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 | 21.6 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 | 17.2 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 | 17.0 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 | 15.4 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 | 14.5 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 | 14.7 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 | 19.4 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 | 13.7 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 | 24.6 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 | 22.3 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 | 19.8 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 | 17.5 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 | 18.1 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 | 28.5 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 | 28.0 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 | 25.2 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 | 23.4 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,068 | 34.7 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 | 37.5 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 | 30.0 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 | 32.3 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 | 33.5 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,138 | 34.4 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 | 17.2 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 | 22.2 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 | 17.7 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 | 21.9 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 | 16.5 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 | 14.5 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 | 16.9 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,981 | 5.4 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 | 10.1 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 | 11.8 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,915 | 9.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Abelardo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Abelardo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Abelardo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Abelardo, and how old are they?
3,790 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 4,816 Americans ever recorded as Abelardo. The median Abelardo alive today is 33 years old; half are between 19 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 6,570 people named Abelardo (12 women and girls, 6,558 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,697 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 97 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 472 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 674 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 912 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 914 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 721 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Abelardo born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 15 | #1,294 | 5.6× |
| California | 12 | #1,438 | 2.0× |
Where Abelardo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Abelardo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1914 it was given 5.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Abelardo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Abelardo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Abelardo and names like it
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Abelardo since 1910.
- Portuguese namesWiktionary’s origin for Abelardo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2002The year the most babies were named Abelardo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Abelardo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.