Adelbert — boys' name
2,373 babies named Adelbert in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Adelbert was born in this single decade.
86 babies were named Adelbert in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adelbert
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,373 babies named Adelbert between 1880 and 1995, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adelbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 86 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adelbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Adelbert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Adelbert in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adelbert 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 2,373 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.
Adelbert at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adelbert popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 86
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
2,373 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 86 births in a single year.
Adelbert by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 522 births that decade — 22% of Adelbert's all-time total
Adelbert decade highlights
- Peak decade 522 births
- Runner-up 501 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Adelbert's strongest decade
522 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Adelbert by state
Where Adelbert concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 258 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 186 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 64 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Maine | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.3% |
258 of 2,373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.7% of nationwide
- Maine 0.9% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Adelbert appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.