Allard

Boys' name

Form of Adalhard

Allard has been given to 245 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Allard, 1959

1 in 832,000

Allard over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Allard: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Adalhard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Allard means

Allard is a form of Adalhard.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Allard is used in Dutch.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑ.lɑrt/ for Allard.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adalhard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 245 boys were recorded with the name Allard between 1915 and 1959. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,091 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Allard?

Allard had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1959, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1959: 1 in 832,000; 5 of 4,157,642 births
Among boys only: 1 in 427,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1959: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 576,373 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Allard sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1959 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 576,373 children born in 1959 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Allard. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Allards were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Allard was born before 1932 — so the typical Allard is around 93 today.

Median birth year: 1932; About 93 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 30.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 39.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Allard rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (14)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,091; 1917

Spellings of Allard

Allard is not the most common spelling — Allan is, with 43.0% against Allard's 0.11%.

Allan43.0%96,458
Willard34.6%77,658
Alvaro7.7%17,357
Millard7.5%16,743
Alford2.1%4,790
Dillard1.7%3,730
Hillard1.0%2,356
Arland0.80%1,807

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Allard is used

Across 1910–2025, Allard was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 500,295 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Allard has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Allard by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,091; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 14 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1959
All-time count: 245
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Allard

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Allah Allias Allante Allon Alucard Deckard Allex Reshard Linard Allin Duward Elward Ellard Haward Lanard Gaspard Janard Harvard Gerrard Edgard Havard Ricard Allister Ezzard

Sibling names for Allard

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nelle Orpha Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie Lura

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Isadore

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