Abelardo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-beh-LAR-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Abelardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “power + hardy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Abelardo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Abelard
“power + hardy”
The namesake is Peter Abelard, the 12th-century French philosopher remembered for his tragic love affair with Heloise.
Is Abelardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Abelardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abelardo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Abelardo, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Abelardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abelardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 75 | #1,918 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 77 | #1,560 |
| 2000 | 58 | #1,826 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,577 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,333 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,283 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,539 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,377 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,571 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,144 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 68 | #984 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,132 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,055 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,135 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,138 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Names like Abelardo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abelardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abelardo, updated 20 October 2026.