Medard — boys' name
69 babies named Medard in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Medard was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Medard in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Medard
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Medard between 1916 and 1928, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Medard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Medard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Medard shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Medard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Medard 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 69 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.
Medard at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Medard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1916
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
69 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 8 births in a single year.
Medard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 49 births that decade — 71% of Medard's all-time total
Medard decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Medard's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Medard by state
Where Medard concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 7.2% |
5 of 69 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 7.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1928 (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.