How rare is the name Abelardo?

6,570 people in the United States have the first name Abelardo, about 1 in 45,971. It ranks #3,252 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABELARDO

#3,252

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,570
About
1 in 45,971
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,570 people named Abelardo, 90.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abelardo peaked in 2002, when 99 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
99
In 2025*
44 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,816 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Abelardo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,446. The largest share of babies named Abelardo, 19.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#5,28862
1920s#3,321215
1930s#2,446302
1940s#2,805282
1950s#2,844368
1960s#2,886414
1970s#2,926510
1980s#3,391509
1990s#3,503672
2000s#4,578633
2010s#5,294549
2020s#5,639300
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.7%
Baby boom 1946–6414.6%
Generation X 1965–8015.8%
Millennials 1981–9619.9%
Generation Z 1997–1219.3%
2013 and later15.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Abelardo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abelardo has been most common in Texas (8.2×), Arizona (3.6×), and California (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.23×).

3,401 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Abelardo

#3,250 Stephon · 6,586#3,251 Sanford · 6,574#3,253 Isai · 6,568#3,253 Mi · 6,568

Also a last name

As a last name, Abelardo ranks #127,013 of 156,621, with 141 people. See Abelardo as a last name

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