Adelard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Adelard

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Adelard between 1884 and 1947, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adelard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adelard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Adelard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maine and Rhode Island. In total, SSA state-level files list Adelard in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adelard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 488 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.