Recorded 1918–1933 Boys' name Peak 1925 28 births

Aelred — boys' name

28 babies named Aelred in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s171930s6
1920s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Aelred was born in this single decade.

1925
Single peak year

7 babies were named Aelred in 1925 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aelred

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Aelred between 1918 and 1933, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aelred currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aelred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aelred shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aelred 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 28 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.

Aelred at a glance

Last recorded 1933

Total births

28

Since 1918

16 years of records

Peak year

1925

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1933

Active since

1918

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 1933

Aelred popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1918

Last recorded 1933
Peak year (1925)
7
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Aelred by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
17 births that decade — 61% of Aelred's all-time total
1910s51920s171930s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aelred?
28 babies have been named Aelred since 1918. It was last recorded in 1933. The peak year was 1925 with 7 births.
When was Aelred most popular?
Aelred was most popular in the 1920s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Aelred been used?
Aelred has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 16 years of data through 1933.
What names are similar to Aelred?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aelius. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1918–1933 (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.