Boys' name · since 1884
Adelard
488 babies named Adelard in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,008 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 488
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Adelard is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 488 have been recorded since 1884.
Adelard has 488 recorded births among boys since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1947.
- #8,008 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 488 born since 1884
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelard ranks #8,008 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 488 born since 1884, peaking in the 1910s.
- #8,008 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 488
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Adelard's 488 recorded births place it above 82.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
Adelard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adelard's full recorded timeline at 1922, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1888, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adelard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1947
- Peak year (1919)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Adelard by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (175 births, 36% of the file).
1910s was Adelard's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Adelard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 19
1880s
19 births
- 1890s 31
1890s
31 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
175 births
- 1920s
1920s
156 births
- 1930s
1930s
73 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 175 births (36% of all-time use).
Adelard by state
Where Adelard concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 124 | 25.4% |
| #2 | Maine | | 31 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Rhode Island | | 16 | 3.3% |
| #4 | New Hampshire | | 6 | 1.2% |
124 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Adelard's data
- Adelard's decade-level peak was the 1910s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Adelards (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adelard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1884–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adelard draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.